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Enhanced Southern Ocean marine productivity due to fertilization by giant icebergs

Authors :
Grant R. Bigg
Luis P. A. M. Duprat
David J. Wilton
Source :
Nature Geoscience. 9:219-221
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016.

Abstract

Nutrient input from icebergs can fertilize productivity in the ocean. Ten years of satellite measurements reveal that giant icebergs could be responsible for up to 20% of carbon export to depth in the Southern Ocean.

Details

ISSN :
17520908 and 17520894
Volume :
9
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nature Geoscience
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........cc46dc9fc07a691d17f47b255a7ae4b9
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2633