Sequestration efficiency in the iron limited North Atlantic: Implications for iron supply mode to fertilized blooms
Sequestration efficiency in the iron limited North Atlantic: Implications for iron supply mode to fertilized blooms
Estimates of the amount of carbon sequestered in the ocean interior per unit iron (Fe) supplied, as quantified by the sequestration efficiency (Ceffx), vary widely. Such variability in Ceffx has frequently been attributed to estimate uncertainty rather than intrinsic variability. Here we derive new estimates of Ceffx for the subpolar North Atlantic, where Fe stressed conditions have recently been demonstrated. Derived values of Ceffx from across the region, including areas subject to atypical external Fe fertilization events during the year of sample collection (2010), ranged from 17 - 19 kmol C (mol Fe-1). Comparing these estimates with values from other systems, considered in the context of variable bloom durations in the different oceanographic settings, we suggest that apparent variability in Ceffx may be related to the mode of Fe delivery.
carbon export, North Atlantic, Iron limitation
4619-4627
Le Moigne, Frédéric A.C.
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Moore, C. Mark
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Sanders, Richard J.
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Villa-Alfageme, Maria
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Steigenberger, Sebastian
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Achterberg, Eric P.
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16 July 2014
Le Moigne, Frédéric A.C.
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Moore, C. Mark
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Sanders, Richard J.
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Villa-Alfageme, Maria
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Steigenberger, Sebastian
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Achterberg, Eric P.
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Le Moigne, Frédéric A.C., Moore, C. Mark, Sanders, Richard J., Villa-Alfageme, Maria, Steigenberger, Sebastian and Achterberg, Eric P.
(2014)
Sequestration efficiency in the iron limited North Atlantic: Implications for iron supply mode to fertilized blooms.
Geophysical Research Letters, 41 (13), .
(doi:10.1002/2014GL060308).
Abstract
Estimates of the amount of carbon sequestered in the ocean interior per unit iron (Fe) supplied, as quantified by the sequestration efficiency (Ceffx), vary widely. Such variability in Ceffx has frequently been attributed to estimate uncertainty rather than intrinsic variability. Here we derive new estimates of Ceffx for the subpolar North Atlantic, where Fe stressed conditions have recently been demonstrated. Derived values of Ceffx from across the region, including areas subject to atypical external Fe fertilization events during the year of sample collection (2010), ranged from 17 - 19 kmol C (mol Fe-1). Comparing these estimates with values from other systems, considered in the context of variable bloom durations in the different oceanographic settings, we suggest that apparent variability in Ceffx may be related to the mode of Fe delivery.
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Accepted/In Press date: 18 June 2014
e-pub ahead of print date: 8 July 2014
Published date: 16 July 2014
Keywords:
carbon export, North Atlantic, Iron limitation
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Ocean and Earth Science, Marine Biogeochemistry
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Local EPrints ID: 366212
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/366212
ISSN: 0094-8276
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