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Iron Limitation

Iron Limitation is a biogeochemical constraint on marine primary production in which the availability of iron, an essential micronutrient, restricts the growth of phytoplankton and thus limits the efficiency of the biological pump in open ocean microbiological systems.

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Glacial‐interglacial CO<sub>2</sub> change: The Iron Hypothesis

John H. Martin · Paleoceanography · 1990 · 2.1K citations

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Iron deficiency limits phytoplankton growth in the north-east Pacific subarctic

John H. Martin, Steve E. Fitzwater · Nature · 1988 · 2K citations

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A mesoscale phytoplankton bloom in the polar Southern Ocean stimulated by iron fertilization

Philip W. Boyd, Andrew Watson, Cliff S. Law et al. · Nature · 2000 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Iron-limited diatom growth and Si:N uptake ratios in a coastal upwelling regime

David A. Hutchins, Kenneth W. Bruland · Nature · 1998 · 1K citations

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Atmospheric transport of iron and its deposition in the ocean

Robert A. Duce, Neil Tindale · Limnology and Oceanography · 1991 · 1K citations · Full text

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  1. DA
    David A. Hutchins

    University of Southern California, United States

    39 publications · 5.6K citations

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  2. PW
    Philip W. Boyd

    University of Otago, New Zealand

    36 publications · 5.8K citations

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  3. JN
    Jun Nishioka

    Hokkaido University, Japan

    28 publications · 2.3K citations

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  4. MT
    María T. Maldonado

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    23 publications · 4.2K citations

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  5. GR
    Giacomo R. DiTullio

    College of Charleston, United States

    22 publications · 3.3K citations

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  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    45 h-index

    163 publications

    45.1K citations

  2. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    42 h-index

    102 publications

    12.4K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    42 h-index

    353 publications

    22K citations

  4. Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

    Den Burg, The Netherlands

    38 h-index

    131 publications

    17.2K citations

  5. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

    Kiel, Germany

    34 h-index

    148 publications

    14.9K citations

  6. National Oceanography Centre

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    34 h-index

    147 publications

    13.6K citations

  7. Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

    Bremerhaven, Germany

    32 h-index

    141 publications

    12.2K citations

  8. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    32 h-index

    68 publications

    8.4K citations

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  1. Limnology and Oceanography

    144 publications · 19K citations

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  2. Journal of Bacteriology

    JB · 59 publications · 5.2K citations

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  3. Infection and Immunity

    IAI · 45 publications · 3.6K citations

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  5. Global Biogeochemical Cycles

    43 publications · 5.4K citations

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