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Ironing out the Complexity of Phytoplankton-Iron Interactions

Sunset on the fantail of the RSS James Cook in the mid-Atlantic Ocean during a GEOTRACES cruise (GA13).

Sunset on the fantail of the RSS James Cook in the mid-Atlantic Ocean during a GEOTRACES cruise (GA13).

ST. PETERSBURG - Dr. Kristen Buck, USF CMS Associate Professor, and CMS graduate student Travis Mellett were coauthors on a recent publication in the that advances the understanding of iron in the ocean.

A glimpse into the trace metal sampling van during a GEOTRACES cruise (GA13).

A glimpse into the trace metal sampling van during a GEOTRACES cruise (GA13).

“The approach established and verified in this study opens a new way for determining Fe bioavailability in samples from across the oceans and enables modeling of in situ Fe uptake rates by phytoplankton based simply on measured Fe concentrations,â€‌ said Mellett in a new blog post summarizing the study.

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