Microbial feedbacks optimize ocean iron availability
Iron is the limiting factor for biological production over a large fraction of the surface ocean because free iron is rapidly scavenged or precipitated under aerobic conditions. Standing stocks of dissolved iron are maintained by association with organic molecules (ligands) produced by biological pr...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2020
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124544 |