Plumes and blooms – Locally-sourced Fe-rich aeolian mineral dust drives phytoplankton growth off southwest Africa

Ocean-based photosynthesis accounts for half of global primary production. Productivity rates, driven by phytoplanktonic responses to nutrient availability, are however highly variable both spatially and temporally throughout the oceans. Intense primary production in the ocean's most productive...

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Main Authors: Andrew P Dansie, David SG Thomas, Giles FS Wiggs, Matthew Baddock, I Ashpole
Format: Default Article
Published: 2022
Subjects:
Mineral aerosol
Ocean fertilisation
Desert dust
Iron
Benguela
Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/19391480.v1
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