Earth System Science Theme Leader
Lead Research Organisation:
University of East Anglia
Department Name: Environmental Sciences
Abstract
This research has tow components. 1. The work will use ships of opportunity (ships engaged in other activities, commercial or research) as platforms to collect aerosol samples in remote regions of the ocean. The results will allow us to estimate how important atmospheric supply of key nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and iron is to the productivity of the oceans, and how this may change in the future. 2. The work will look at what controls the cycling of the key nutrient nitrogen in the Northern North Sea and how this affects the productivity of phytoplankton which ultimately influences the production of fish.
Organisations
Publications
Martino M
(2014)
Western Pacific atmospheric nutrient deposition fluxes, their impact on surface ocean productivity
in Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Jickells T
(2014)
Nutrient transport through estuaries: The importance of the estuarine geography
in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Powell C
(2015)
Estimation of the Atmospheric Flux of Nutrients and Trace Metals to the Eastern Tropical North Atlantic Ocean*
in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Baker A
(2017)
Atmospheric deposition of soluble trace elements along the Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT)
in Progress in Oceanography
Ducklow HW
(2018)
Spring-summer net community production, new production, particle export and related water column biogeochemical processes in the marginal sea ice zone of the Western Antarctic Peninsula 2012-2014.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Description | atmospheric inputs significantly affect ocean productivity primarily via deposition of dust and associated iron and nitrogen |
Exploitation Route | further research |
Sectors | Energy,Environment |