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- Title
High variability of dissolved iron concentrations in the vicinity of Kerguelen Island (Southern Ocean).
- Authors
Quéroué, F.; Sarthou, G.; Planquette, H. F.; Bucciarelli, E.; Chever, F.; van der Merwe, P.; Lannuzel, D.; Townsend, A. T.; Cheize, M.; Blain, S.; d'Ovidio, F.; Bowie, A. R.
- Abstract
Dissolved Fe (dFe) concentrations were measured in the upper 1300 m of the water column in the vicinity of Kerguelen Island as part of the second Kerguelen Ocean Plateau compared Study (KEOPS2). Concentrations ranged from 0.06 nmol L-1 in offshore, Southern Ocean waters, to 3.82 nmol L-1 within Hillsborough Bay, on the north-eastern coast of Kerguelen Island. Direct island runoff, glacial melting and resuspended sediments were identified as important inputs of dFe that could potentially fertilize the northern part of the plateau. A significant deep dFe enrichment was observed over the plateau with dFe concentrations increasing up to 1.30 nmol L-1 close to the seafloor, probably due to sediment resuspension and pore water release. Biological uptake was identified as a likely explanation for the decrease in dFe concentrations between two visits (28 days apart) at a station above the plateau. Our results allowed studying other processes and sources, such as atmospheric inputs, lateral advection of enriched seawater, remineralization processes and the influence of the Polar Front (PF) as a vector for Fe transport. Overall, heterogeneous sources of Fe over and off the Kerguelen Plateau, in addition to strong variability in Fe supply by vertical or horizontal transport, may explain the high variability in dFe concentrations observed during this study.
- Subjects
KERGUELEN Islands; IRON in water; RUNOFF; OCEAN bottom; SUSPENDED sediments; ADVECTION
- Publication
Biogeosciences Discussions, 2015, Vol 12, Issue 1, p231
- ISSN
1810-6277
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/bgd-12-231-2015