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| Obernosterer, I.; Fourquez, M.; Blain, S.. |
| It has been univocally shown that iron (Fe) is the primary limiting nutrient for phytoplankton metabolism in high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll (HNLC) waters, yet the question of how this trace metal affects heterotrophic microbial activity is far less understood. We investigated the role of Fe for bacterial heterotrophic production and growth at three contrasting sites in the naturally Fe-fertilized region east of the Kerguelen Islands and at one site in HNLC waters during the KEOPS2 (Kerguelen Ocean and Plateau Compared Study 2) cruise in spring 2011. We performed dark incubations of natural microbial communities amended either with iron (Fe, as FeCl3) or carbon (C, as trace-metal clean glucose), or a combination of both, and followed bacterial abundance and... |
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| Ano: 2015 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00291/40255/38635.pdf |
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| Bowie, A. R.; Van Der Merwe, P.; Queroue, Fabien; Trull, Thomas; Fourquez, M.; Planchon, F.; Sarthou, Geraldine; Chever, Fanny; Townsend, A. T.; Obernosterer, I.; Sallee, Jean-baptiste; Blain, S.. |
| Iron availability in the Southern Ocean controls phytoplankton growth, community composition and the uptake of atmospheric CO2 by the biological pump. The KEOPS-2 (KErguelen Ocean and Plateau compared Study 2) "process study", took place around the Kerguelen Plateau in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean. This is a region naturally fertilised with iron on the scale of hundreds to thousands of square kilometres, producing a mosaic of spring blooms which show distinct biological and biogeochemical responses to fertilisation. This paper presents biogeochemical iron budgets (incorporating vertical and lateral supply, internal cycling, and sinks) for three contrasting sites: an upstream high-nutrient low-chlorophyll reference, over the plateau and in the... |
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| Ano: 2015 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00276/38726/37233.pdf |
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| Fourquez, M.; Obernosterer, I.; Davies, D. M.; Trull, T. W.; Blain, S.. |
| Iron (Fe) uptake by the microbial community and the contribution of three different size fractions was determined during spring phytoplankton blooms in the naturally Fe-fertilized area off the Kerguelen Islands (KEOPS2). Total Fe uptake in surface waters was on average 34 +/- 6 pmol Fe L-1 d(-1), and microplankton (>25 mu m size fraction; 40-69%) and pico-nanoplankton (0.8-25 mu m size fraction; 29-59 %) were the main contributors. The contribution of heterotrophic bacteria (0.2-0.8 mu m size fraction) to total Fe uptake was low at all stations (1-2 %). Iron uptake rates normalized to carbon biomass were highest for pico-nanoplankton above the Kerguelen Plateau and for microplankton in the downstream plume. We also investigated the potential competition... |
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| Ano: 2015 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00295/40598/39535.pdf |
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