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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-6435-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-6435-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Subsurface iron accumulation and rapid aluminum removal in the Mediterranean following African dust deposition
Matthieu Bressac
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de
Villefranche, LOV, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania,
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Thibaut Wagener
Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS, IRD, Université de Toulon, MIO UMR
110, 13288 Marseille, France
Nathalie Leblond
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut de la Mer de Villefranche,
IMEV, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Antonio Tovar-Sánchez
Department of Ecology and Coastal Management, Institute of Marine
Sciences of Andalusia (ICMAN-CSIC), 07190 Puerto Real, Spain
Céline Ridame
Sorbonne Université, LOCEAN, 4 Place Jussieu – 75252 Paris Cedex
05, France
Vincent Taillandier
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de
Villefranche, LOV, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Samuel Albani
Department of Environmental and Earth Sciences, University of
Milano–Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), UMR
8212 CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Université
Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Sophie Guasco
Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS, IRD, Université de Toulon, MIO UMR
110, 13288 Marseille, France
Aurélie Dufour
Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS, IRD, Université de Toulon, MIO UMR
110, 13288 Marseille, France
Stéphanie H. M. Jacquet
Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS, IRD, Université de Toulon, MIO UMR
110, 13288 Marseille, France
François Dulac
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), UMR
8212 CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Université
Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Karine Desboeufs
Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques
(LISA), UMR7583 CNRS, Université de Paris, Université Paris-Est
Créteil, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, 75013 Paris, France
Cécile Guieu
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de
Villefranche, LOV, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
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- Elemental Composition and Health Risk Assessment of Deep-Sea Teleost’s of the Levantine Basin N. Çiftçi & D. Ayas
- Contrasting provenance, fluxes and budgets for dissolved aluminium and barium in the Mediterranean; an integrating overview G. De Lange et al.
- Characterization of the submarine disposal of a Bayer effluent (Gardanne alumina plant, southern France): V: Evolution of metal and metalloid concentrations in the seawater column of the discharge area (Mediterranean Sea) from 2016 to 2024 S. Jacquet et al.
- A Brief Review of Effects of Aluminum on Marine Diatoms Y. Lao et al.
- Wet deposition in the remote western and central Mediterranean as a source of trace metals to surface seawater K. Desboeufs et al.
- Increasing iron concentration inhibits the Al-incorporation into the diatom biogenic silica: From laboratory simulation of ocean iron fertilization Q. Tian et al.
- Decoding drivers of carbon flux attenuation in the oceanic biological pump M. Bressac et al.
- N2 fixation in the Mediterranean Sea related to the composition of the diazotrophic community and impact of dust under present and future environmental conditions C. Ridame et al.
- Authigenic Iron Is a Significant Component of Oceanic Labile Particulate Iron Inventories L. Sofen et al.
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Short summary
Phytoplankton growth is limited by the availability of iron in about 50 % of the ocean. Atmospheric deposition of desert dust represents a key source of iron. Here, we present direct observations of dust deposition in the Mediterranean Sea. A key finding is that the input of iron from dust primarily occurred in the deep ocean, while previous studies mainly focused on the ocean surface. This new insight will enable us to better represent controls on global marine productivity in models.
Phytoplankton growth is limited by the availability of iron in about 50 % of the ocean....
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