Microbial feedbacks optimize ocean iron availability

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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Main Authors: Lauderdale, Jonathan (Author), Braakman, Rogier (Author), Forget, Gael (Author), Dutkiewicz, Stephanie (Author), Follows, Michael J. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Global Change Science (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020-04-08T17:25:19Z.
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