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Collaborative Research: The Effect Of Iron-Complexing Ligands On Iron Availability To Phytoplankton In Hnlc Waters Of The Subarctic Pacific Ocean, Mark L. Wells, Mary Jane Perry, Charles Trick

University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

Scientists from the University of Maine and San Francisco State University propose to do deck-board incubation experiments in high nutrient, low chlorophyll (HNLC) waters of the eastern (Ocean Station PAPA) and the western (Ocean Station KNOT) Subarctic Pacific Ocean to determine how Fe supply affects phytoplankton species composition. Specifically, this team of scientists plans to address the following specific objectives: (1) assess how the relative availability of Fe bound to weaker and stronger classes of ligands differs among different phytoplankton groups (cyanobacteria, diatoms, dinoflagellates, prymnesiophytes) and how these differences influence the evolution of the phytoplankton community after Fe enrichment in …