Sourcing the iron in the naturally fertilised bloom around the Kerguelen Plateau: particulate trace metal dynamics

van der Merwe, P.; Bowie, A. R.; Quéroué, F.; Armand, L.; Blain, S.; Chever, F.; Davies, D.; Dehairs, F.; Planchon, F.; Sarthou, G.; Townsend, A. T.; Trull, T. W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-739-2015

Articles | Volume 12, issue 3

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KEOPS2: Kerguelen Ocean and Plateau Study 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-739-2015

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06 Feb 2015

Research article |

| 06 Feb 2015

Sourcing the iron in the naturally fertilised bloom around the Kerguelen Plateau: particulate trace metal dynamics

P. van der Merwe, A. R. Bowie, F. Quéroué, L. Armand, S. Blain, F. Chever, D. Davies, F. Dehairs, F. Planchon, G. Sarthou, A. T. Townsend, and T. W. Trull

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SC C5495: 'Review of van der Merwe by Raiswell', Robert Raiswell, 28 Sep 2014
- RC C5555: 'Review of van der Merwe by Raiswell', R. Raiswell, 30 Sep 2014
  - AC C7290: 'Response to reviewer comments', Pier van der Merwe, 11 Dec 2014
RC C6066: 'Interactive comment on “Sourcing the iron in the naturally-fertilised bloom around the Kerguelen Plateau: particulate trace metal dynamics” by P. van der Merwe et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Oct 2014
- AC C7291: 'Response to reviewer comments', Pier van der Merwe, 11 Dec 2014

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AR by Pier van der Merwe on behalf of the Authors (15 Dec 2014) Author's response

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (08 Jan 2015) by Ingrid Obernosterer

AR by Pier van der Merwe on behalf of the Authors (13 Jan 2015) Manuscript

Short summary

Trace metal analysis of suspended and settling particles and underlying sediment was undertaken to elucidate the source to sink progression of the particulate trace metal pool near Kerguelen Island (Southern Ocean). Findings indicate that the Kerguelen Plateau is a source of trace metals via resuspended shelf sediments, especially below the mixed layer. However, glacial/fluvial runoff into shallow coastal waters is an important mode of fertilisation to areas downstream of Kerguelen Island.