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Articles | Volume 15, issue 16
Articles | Volume 15, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4973-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4973-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 15, issue 16
Research article
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22 Aug 2018
Research article |  | 22 Aug 2018

Mechanisms of dissolved and labile particulate iron supply to shelf waters and phytoplankton blooms off South Georgia, Southern Ocean

Christian Schlosser, Katrin Schmidt, Alfred Aquilina, William B. Homoky, Maxi Castrillejo, Rachel A. Mills, Matthew D. Patey, Sophie Fielding, Angus Atkinson, and Eric P. Achterberg

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Iron (Fe) emanating from the South Georgia shelf system fuels large phytoplankton blooms downstream of the island. However, the actual supply mechanisms of Fe are unclear. We found that shelf-sediment-derived iron and iron released from Antarctic krill control the Fe distribution in the shelf waters around South Georgia. The majority of the Fe appears to be derived from recycling of Fe-enriched particles that are transported with the water masses into the bloom region.
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