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Louropoulou, Evangelia; Gledhill, Martha; Browningi, Thomas J.; Desai, Dhwani K.; Barraqueta, Jan-lukas Menzel; Tonnard, Manon; Sarthou, Geraldine; Planquette, Helene; Bowie, Andrew R.; Schmitz, Ruth A.; Laroche, Julie; Achterberg, Eric P.. |
Heme b is an iron-containing co-factor in hemoproteins. Heme b concentrations are low (< 1 pmol L-1) in iron limited phytoplankton in cultures and in the field. Here, we determined heme b in marine particulate material (> 0.7 mu m) from the North Atlantic Ocean (GEOVIDE cruise - GEOTRACES section GA01), which spanned several biogeochemical regimes. We examined the relationship between heme b abundance and the microbial community composition, and its utility for mapping iron limited phytoplankton. Heme b concentrations ranged from 0.16 to 5.1 pmol L-1 (median = 2.0 pmol L-1, n = 62) in the surface mixed layer (SML) along the cruise track, driven mainly by variability in biomass. However, in the Irminger Basin, the lowest heme b levels (SML: median =... |
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Palavras-chave: Heme b; North Atlantic; Phytoplankton; Diatoms; Iron; Limitation; GEOTRACES; GEOVIDE. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00508/61940/66029.pdf |
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