Nutrient co-limitation at the boundary of an oceanic gyre

Thomas J. Browning (), Eric P. Achterberg, Insa Rapp, Anja Engel, Erin M. Bertrand, Alessandro Tagliabue and C. Mark Moore
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Thomas J. Browning: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
Eric P. Achterberg: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
Insa Rapp: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
Anja Engel: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
Erin M. Bertrand: Dalhousie University
Alessandro Tagliabue: Ocean and Ecological Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool
C. Mark Moore: Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton

Nature, 2017, vol. 551, issue 7679, 242-246

Abstract: Nutrient amendment experiments at the boundary of the South Atlantic gyre reveal extensive regions in which nitrogen and iron are co-limiting, with other micronutrients also approaching co-deficiency; such limitations potentially increase phytoplankton community diversity.

Date: 2017
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