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Iron uptake and physiological response to phytoplankton during a mesoscale Southern Ocean iron enrichment
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Boyd, PW and LaRoche, J and Strzepek, R and Waite, A and Bowie, AR and Croot, PL and Frew, RD and Price, NM, Iron uptake and physiological response to phytoplankton during a mesoscale Southern Ocean iron enrichment, Limnology and Oceanography, 46, (7) pp. 1802-1808. ISSN 0024-3590 (2001) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.4319/lo.2001.46.7.1802
Abstract
Iron supply is thought to regulate primary production in high nitrate, low chlorophyll (HNLC) regions of the sea in both the past and the present. A critical aspect of this relationship is acquisition of iron (Fe) by phytoplankton, which occurs through a complex series of extracellular reactions that are influenced by Fe chemistry and speciation. During the first in situ mesoscale Fe-enrichment experiment in the Southern Ocean (Southern Ocean iron release experiment [SOIREE]), we monitored the uptake of Fe by three size classes of plankton and their ensuing physiological response to the Fe enrichment. Rates of Fe uptake from both inorganic Fe (Fe′) and organic Fe complexes (FeL) were initially fast, indicative of Fe-limitation. After Fe enrichment phytoplankton down-regulated Fe uptake and optimized physiological performance, but by day 12 they had greatly increased their capacity to acquire Fe from FeL. The increase in Fe uptake from FeL coincided with a sixfold decrease in Fe′ that followed the production of Fe-binding organic ligands. Phytoplankton were able to use organically bound Fe at rates sufficient to maintain net growth for more than 42 d. Adaptation to such shifts in Fe chemistry may contribute to bloom longevity in these polar HNLC waters.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Earth Sciences |
Research Group: | Oceanography |
Research Field: | Biological oceanography |
Objective Division: | Environmental Policy, Climate Change and Natural Hazards |
Objective Group: | Adaptation to climate change |
Objective Field: | Social impacts of climate change and variability |
UTAS Author: | Bowie, AR (Professor Andrew Bowie) |
ID Code: | 26313 |
Year Published: | 2001 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 65 |
Deposited By: | IASOS |
Deposited On: | 2003-05-26 |
Last Modified: | 2003-05-26 |
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