Unprecedented Fe delivery from the Congo River margin to the South Atlantic Gyre

Lúcia H. Vieira; Stephan Krisch; Mark J. Hopwood; Aaron J. Beck; Jan Scholten; Volker Liebetrau; Eric P. Achterberg

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-14255-2

Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Unprecedented Fe delivery from the Congo River margin to the South Atlantic Gyre

Lúcia H. Vieira,
Stephan Krisch,
Mark J. Hopwood,
Aaron J. Beck,
Jan Scholten,
Volker Liebetrau,
Eric P. Achterberg

Affiliations

Lúcia H. Vieira: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Stephan Krisch: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Mark J. Hopwood: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Aaron J. Beck: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Jan Scholten: Institute of Geosciences, University of Kiel, Otto-Hahn-Platz 1
Volker Liebetrau: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Eric P. Achterberg: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14255-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The influence of the Congo River margin on surface Fe concentrations is understudied. Here the authors show that such influence is evident over 1000 km from the Congo outflow.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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