Atmospheric transport of trace elements and nutrients to the oceans

Jickells, T. D., Baker, A. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8365-8953 and Chance, R. (2016) Atmospheric transport of trace elements and nutrients to the oceans. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 374 (2081). ISSN 1471-2962

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Abstract

This paper reviews atmospheric inputs of trace elements and nutrients to the oceans in the context of the GEOTRACES programme and provides new data from two Atlantic GEOTRACES cruises. We consider the deposition of nitrogen to the oceans, which is now dominated by anthropogenic emissions, the deposition of mineral dust and related trace elements, and the deposition of other trace elements which have a mixture of anthropogenic and dust sources. We then consider the solubility (as a surrogate for bioavailability) of the various elements. We consider briefly the sources, atmospheric transport and transformations of these elements and how this results in strong spatial deposition gradients. Solubility of the trace elements also varies systematically between elements, reflecting their sources and cycling, and for some trace elements there are also systematic gradients in solubility related to dust loading. Together these effects create strong spatial gradients in inputs of bioavailable trace elements to the oceans, and we are only just beginning to understand how these affect ocean biogeochemistry.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	atmospheric deposition,trace elements,nutrients,atlantic
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences Faculty of Science > School of Natural Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	25 Oct 2016 16:01
Last Modified:	13 Apr 2023 13:50
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61058
DOI:	10.1098/rsta.2015.0286

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