Diel quenching of Southern Ocean phytoplankton fluorescence is related to iron limitation

Schallenberg, Christina; Strzepek, Robert F.; Schuback, Nina; Clementson, Lesley A.; Boyd, Philip W.; Trull, Thomas W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-793-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-793-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-793-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 3

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17 Feb 2020

Research article |

| 17 Feb 2020

Diel quenching of Southern Ocean phytoplankton fluorescence is related to iron limitation

Christina Schallenberg, Robert F. Strzepek, Nina Schuback, Lesley A. Clementson, Philip W. Boyd, and Thomas W. Trull

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RC1: 'Review of ‘Diel quenching of Southern Ocean phytoplankton fluorescence is related to iron limitation’ by Schallenberg et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Sep 2019
- AC1: 'Response to all comments', Christina Schallenberg, 13 Nov 2019
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- AC2: 'Response to all comments', Christina Schallenberg, 13 Nov 2019

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Measurements of phytoplankton health still require the use of research vessels and are thus costly and sparse. In this paper we propose a new way to assess the health of phytoplankton using simple fluorescence measurements, which can be made autonomously. In the Southern Ocean, where the most limiting nutrient for phytoplankton is iron, we found a relationship between iron limitation and the depression of fluorescence under high light, the so-called non-photochemical quenching of fluorescence.