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Nutrient co-limitation at the boundary of an oceanic gyre

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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)

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.

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  • Thomas J. Browning & Eric P. Achterberg & Insa Rapp & Anja Engel & Erin M. Bertrand & Alessandro Tagliabue & C. Mark Moore, 2017. "Nutrient co-limitation at the boundary of an oceanic gyre," Nature, Nature, vol. 551(7679), pages 242-246, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:551:y:2017:i:7679:d:10.1038_nature24063
    DOI: 10.1038/nature24063
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    1. Guo-Wei Qiu & Wen-Can Zheng & Hao-Ming Yang & Yu-Ying Wang & Xing Qi & Da Huang & Guo-Zheng Dai & Huazhong Shi & Neil M. Price & Bao-Sheng Qiu, 2024. "Phosphorus deficiency alleviates iron limitation in Synechocystis cyanobacteria through direct PhoB-mediated gene regulation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-14, December.
    2. Thomas J. Browning & C. Mark Moore, 2023. "Global analysis of ocean phytoplankton nutrient limitation reveals high prevalence of co-limitation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-12, December.
    3. Han, Yue & Zhou, Yuntao, 2022. "Investigating biophysical control of marine phytoplankton dynamics via Bayesian mechanistic modeling," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 474(C).

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