Micro- and Macronutrients in the Southeastern Bering Sea: Insight Into Iron-replete and Iron-depleted Regimes

Ana Aguilar-Islas, Matthew Hurst, Kristen N. Buck, Bettina Sohst, Geoffrey Smith, Maeve Lohan, Kenneth Bruland

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Abstract

<p> Surface transects and vertical profiles of macronutrients, dissolved iron (D-Fe), and dissolved manganese (D-Mn) were investigated during August 2003 in the southeastern Bering Sea. We observed iron-limited, HNLC surface waters in the deep basin of the Bering Sea (15&ndash;20 &mu;mol/kg nitrate, &sim;0.07 nmol/kg D-Fe, and &les;1.0 nmol/kg D-Mn); nitrate-limited, iron-replete surface waters over the shelf (</p>
Original languageAmerican English
JournalProgress in Oceanography
Volume73
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1 2007

Keywords

  • Dissolved iron
  • Dissolved manganese
  • Nutrients
  • HNLC region
  • Trace metals
  • Regional index: USA
  • Alaska
  • southeastern Bering Sea

Disciplines

  • Life Sciences

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