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Seasonal cycling of zinc and cobalt in the south-eastern Atlantic along the GEOTRACES GA10 section
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of
Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
Angela Milne
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of
Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Eric P. Achterberg
Marine Biogeochemistry Division, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean
Research, Kiel, Germany
Thomas J. Browning
Marine Biogeochemistry Division, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean
Research, Kiel, Germany
Heather A. Bouman
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United
Kingdom
E. Malcolm S. Woodward
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Maeve C. Lohan
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of
Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Using data collected during two expeditions to the South Atlantic Ocean, we investigated how the interaction between external sources and biological activity influenced the availability of the trace metals zinc and cobalt. This is important as both metals play essential roles in the metabolism and growth of phytoplankton and thus influence primary productivity of the oceans. We found seasonal changes in both processes that helped explain upper-ocean trace metal cycling.
Using data collected during two expeditions to the South Atlantic Ocean, we investigated how the...
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