Susceptibility of Two Southern Ocean Phytoplankton Key Species to Iron Limitation and High Light

Although iron (Fe) availability primarily sets the rate of phytoplankton growth and primary and export production in the Southern Ocean, other environmental factors, most significantly light, also affect productivity. As light availability strongly influences phytoplankton species distribution in lo...

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Main Authors: Scarlett Trimborn, Silke Thoms, Kai Bischof, Sara Beszteri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00167/full