Ecology 6th Edition by Charles Krebs

Exercise 10

Iron fertilization of the Southern Ocean could occur either by dust blowing in winds off the continents or by upwelling of nutrient-rich deep water. Discuss in general how you might decide between these two mechanisms of iron transport. Is the chemical form of iron compounds important in stimulating phytoplankton growth? Read Meskhidze et al. (2007) for a discussion of this problem.