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Article Dans Une Revue Scientific Reports Année : 2018

Iron Biogeochemistry in the High Latitude North Atlantic Ocean

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Iron (Fe) is an essential micronutrient for marine microbial organisms, and low supply controls productivity in large parts of the world's ocean. The high latitude North Atlantic is seasonally Fe limited, but Fe distributions and source strengths are poorly constrained. Surface ocean dissolved Fe (DFe) concentrations were low in the study region (<0.1 nM) in summer 2010, with significant perturbations during spring 2010 in the Iceland Basin as a result of an eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano (up to 2.5 nM DFe near Iceland) with biogeochemical consequences. Deep water concentrations in the vicinity of the Reykjanes Ridge system were influenced by pronounced sediment resuspension, with indications for additional inputs by hydrothermal vents, with subsequent lateral transport of Fe and manganese plumes of up to 250-300 km. Particulate Fe formed the dominant pool, as evidenced by 4-17 fold higher total dissolvable Fe compared with DFe concentrations, and a dynamic exchange between the fractions appeared to buffer deep water DFe. Here we show that Fe supply associated with deep winter mixing (up to 103 nmol m −2 d −1) was at least ca. 4-10 times higher than atmospheric deposition, diffusive fluxes at the base of the summer mixed layer, and horizontal surface ocean fluxes.
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hal-02960682 , version 1 (08-10-2020)

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Eric Achterberg, Sebastian Steigenberger, Chris Marsay, Frédéric A.C. Le Moigne, Stuart Painter, et al.. Iron Biogeochemistry in the High Latitude North Atlantic Ocean. Scientific Reports, 2018, 8 (1), ⟨10.1038/s41598-018-19472-1⟩. ⟨hal-02960682⟩
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