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Marine phytoplankton and the changing ocean iron cycle
Citation
Hutchins, DA and Boyd, PW, Marine phytoplankton and the changing ocean iron cycle, Nature Climate Change, 6, (12) pp. 1072-1079. ISSN 1758-678X (2016) [Refereed Article]
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© 2016 Macmillan Publishers
Abstract
The availability of the micronutrient iron governs phytoplankton growth across much of the ocean, but the global iron cycle is changing rapidly due to accelerating acidification, stratification, warming and deoxygenation. These mechanisms of global change will cumulatively affect the aqueous chemistry, sources and sinks, recycling, particle dynamics and bioavailability of iron. Biological iron demand will vary as acclimation to environmental change modifies cellular requirements for photosynthesis and nitrogen acquisition and as adaptive evolution or community shifts occur. Warming, acidification and nutrient co-limitation interactions with iron biogeochemistry will all strongly influence phytoplankton dynamics. Predicting the shape of the future iron cycle will require understanding the responses of each component of the unique biogeochemistry of this trace element to many concurrent and interacting environmental changes.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | iron supply, phytoplankton, ocean global change, biogeochemistry, climate-change ecology, marine biology, marine chemistry |
Research Division: | Environmental Sciences |
Research Group: | Climate change impacts and adaptation |
Research Field: | Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation |
Objective Division: | Environmental Policy, Climate Change and Natural Hazards |
Objective Group: | Adaptation to climate change |
Objective Field: | Ecosystem adaptation to climate change |
UTAS Author: | Boyd, PW (Professor Philip Boyd) |
ID Code: | 114112 |
Year Published: | 2016 |
Funding Support: | Australian Research Council (FL160100131) |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 95 |
Deposited By: | Ecology and Biodiversity |
Deposited On: | 2017-02-07 |
Last Modified: | 2018-04-19 |
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