Project information
Project aim
The overall objective is to characterize Southern Ocean marine ecosystems, their influence on carbon dioxide exchange with the atmosphere and the deep ocean, and their sensitivity to past and future global change including climate warming, ocean stratification, and ocean acidification from anthropogenic CO2 emissions. In particular we plan to take advantage of naturally-occurring, persistent, zonal variations in Southern Ocean primary production and biomass in the Australian Sector to investigate the effects of iron addition from natural sources, and CO2 addition from anthropogenic sources, on Southern Ocean plankton communities of differing initial structure and composition.
Related publications
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The relation of mixed-layer net community production to phytoplankton community composition in the Southern Ocean Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 2015
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Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Response of Phytoplankton Photophysiology to Varying Environmental Conditions in the Sub-Antarctic and Polar Frontal Zone. PLoS ONE, 2013
(Ref: 15059)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Modern sampling and analytical methods for the determination of trace elements in marine particulate material using magnetic sector inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry. Analytica Chimica Acta, 2010
(Ref: 14827)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Trace elements often limit phytoplankton growth in the ocean, and the quantification of particulate forms is essential to fully understand their biogeochemical cycling. There is presently a lack of reliable measurements on the trace elemental content of marine particles…
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Distribution, abundance and seasonal flux of pteropods in the Sub-Antarctic Zone. Deep-Sea Research II, 2011
(Ref: 14616)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Ocean acidification: a newly recognised threat. Australian Antarctic Magazine, 2006
(Ref: 12386)
Authors:Category 4: Popular articles