Aerosol trace metal leaching and impacts on marine microorganisms

NM Mahowald, DS Hamilton, KRM Mackey… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Metal dissolution from atmospheric aerosol deposition to the oceans is important in
enhancing and inhibiting phytoplankton growth rates and modifying plankton community …

The importance of atmospheric deposition for ocean productivity

T Jickells, CM Moore - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Dust is produced primarily in desert regions and transported long distances through the
atmosphere to the oceans. Upon deposition of dust, its dissolution can provide an important …

Effects of African dust deposition on phytoplankton in the western tropical Atlantic Ocean off Barbados

CT Chien, KRM Mackey, S Dutkiewicz… - Global …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Bioassay incubation experiments conducted with nutrients and local atmospheric aerosol
amendments indicate that phosphorus (P) availability limited phytoplankton growth in the …

Regional trends in the fractional solubility of Fe and other metals from North Atlantic aerosols (GEOTRACES cruises GA01 and GA03) following a two-stage leach

RU Shelley, WM Landing, SJ Ussher… - …, 2018 - bg.copernicus.org
The fractional solubility of aerosol-derived trace elements deposited to the ocean surface is
a key parameter of many marine biogeochemical models. Despite this, it is currently poorly …

Atmospheric transport of trace elements and nutrients to the oceans

TD Jickells, AR Baker… - … transactions of the …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This paper reviews atmospheric inputs of trace elements and nutrients to the oceans in the
context of the GEOTRACES programme and provides new data from two Atlantic …

Perspective on identifying and characterizing the processes controlling iron speciation and residence time at the atmosphere-ocean interface

N Meskhidze, C Völker, HA Al-Abadleh, K Barbeau… - Marine Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
It is well recognized that the atmospheric deposition of iron (Fe) affects ocean productivity,
atmospheric CO 2 uptake, ecosystem diversity, and overall climate. Despite significant …

Determination of the copper isotope composition of seawater revisited: A case study from the Mediterranean Sea

I Baconnais, O Rouxel, G Dulaquais, M Boye - Chemical Geology, 2019 - Elsevier
A new technique for the determination of dissolved copper isotope composition (δ 65 Cu) of
seawater was applied to examine copper sources and internal cycling in the Mediterranean …

Coastal sources, sinks and strong organic complexation of dissolved cobalt within the US North Atlantic GEOTRACES transect GA03

AE Noble, DC Ohnemus, NJ Hawco, PJ Lam… - …, 2017 - bg.copernicus.org
Cobalt is the scarcest of metallic micronutrients and displays a complex biogeochemical
cycle. This study examines the distribution, chemical speciation, and biogeochemistry of …

Impacts of aerosol copper on marine phytoplankton: A review

T Yang, Y Chen, S Zhou, H Li - Atmosphere, 2019 - mdpi.com
Atmospheric deposition brings both nutrients and toxic components to the surface ocean,
resulting in important impacts on phytoplankton. Field and lab studies have been done on …

Return of naturally sourced Pb to Atlantic surface waters

L Bridgestock, T Van De Flierdt, M Rehkämper… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Anthropogenic emissions completely overwhelmed natural marine lead (Pb) sources during
the past century, predominantly due to leaded petrol usage. Here, based on Pb isotope …