Antarctic ice sheet fertilises the Southern Ocean

Southern Ocean (SO) marine primary productivity (PP) is strongly influenced by the availability of iron in surface waters, which is thought to exert a significant control upon atmospheric CO2 concentrations on glacial/interglacial timescales. The zone bordering the Antarctic Ice Sheet exhibits high...

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Main Authors: Death, R. (Author), Wadham, J. L. (Author), Monteiro, Fanny Meline (Author), Le Brocq, A. M. (Author), Tranter, M. (Author), Ridgwell, A. (Author), Dutkiewicz, Stephanie (Contributor), Raiswell, R. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Global Change Science (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus GmbH on behalf of the European Geosciences Union, 2014-06-19T20:31:53Z.
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