Iron “ore” nothing: benthic iron fluxes from the oxygen-deficient Santa Barbara Basin enhance phytoplankton productivity in surface waters
De'Marcus Robinson,Anh L. D. Pham,David J. Yousavich,Felix Janssen,Frank Wenzhöfer,Eleanor C. Arrington,Kelsey M. Gosselin,Marco Sandoval-Belmar,Matthew Mar,David L. Valentine,Daniele Bianchi,and Tina Treude
HGF-MPG Joint Research Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
HGF-MPG Joint Research Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstraße 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
HGF-MPG Joint Research Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
HGF-MPG Joint Research Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstraße 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Eleanor C. Arrington
Department of Earth Science and Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
Kelsey M. Gosselin
Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Marine Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
Marco Sandoval-Belmar
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Matthew Mar
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
The present study suggests that high release of ferrous iron from the seafloor of the oxygen-deficient Santa Barabara Basin (California) supports surface primary productivity, creating positive feedback on seafloor iron release by enhancing low-oxygen conditions in the basin.
The present study suggests that high release of ferrous iron from the seafloor of the...
