2022
DOI: 10.1029/2021pa004385
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Orbital and Suborbital‐Scale Variations of Productivity and Sea Surface Conditions in the Gulf of Alaska During the Past 54,000 Years: Impact of Iron Fertilization by Icebergs and Meltwater

Abstract: Located in the subarctic eastern Pacific, the Gulf of Alaska (GoA) is a high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll (HNLC) area where phytoplankton biomass is consistently low (Childers et al., 2005). Especially beyond the continental shelf break, coastal surface waters of the GoA are largely iron-limited (Boyd et al., 2007). As low bioavailability of the micronutrient iron critically limits the occurrence of primary producers (Martin, 1990), present-day increases in the iron supply mostly led to enhanced productivity in s… Show more

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“…The regime of abundant micro‐nutrients and low macro‐nutrients known as LNHC characterizes the modern coastal Alaska (Weingartner, 2007). The source of micro‐nutrients during the Pliocene could be from two terrestrial sources: glacial flour and/or aeolian dust (Müller et al., 2018; Romero et al., 2022). Iron‐rich glacial flour is abundant in modern coastal Alaska estuaries for example, the Copper River (Crusius et al., 2011) and the continental margin (Lam & Bishop, 2008).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The regime of abundant micro‐nutrients and low macro‐nutrients known as LNHC characterizes the modern coastal Alaska (Weingartner, 2007). The source of micro‐nutrients during the Pliocene could be from two terrestrial sources: glacial flour and/or aeolian dust (Müller et al., 2018; Romero et al., 2022). Iron‐rich glacial flour is abundant in modern coastal Alaska estuaries for example, the Copper River (Crusius et al., 2011) and the continental margin (Lam & Bishop, 2008).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Seawater nutrient concentrations were not manipulated, and thus reflected what was delivered through source water inflow to the system during each experiment. Due to the complex controls of nutrient flux onto the Northeast Pacific shelves, there is little consensus on how seasonal nutrient supply in Sitka Sound may change in the future (Hermann et al, 2009; Hood & Scott, 2008; Jenckes et al, 2022; Romero et al, 2022). Therefore, we chose to assume that nutrient availability, like seasonal light availability, would not differ significantly in this region in the future.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The unusually high %C 37:4 observed in high-latitude oceans can be attributed to alkenone production by Group 2i during thawing of sea-ice which generally coincide with low surface salinity 3 . Cells and DNA sequences of Group 2i has been widely observed within sea ice 3 , and the correlation between occurrence of Group 2i and high %C 37:4 has been used to reconstruct past changes in sea ice in regions such as the Gulf of Alaska and the Fram Strait 3 , 15 , 16 . However, we have a limited understanding of the global distribution and ecology of Group 2i Isochrysidales in the natural environments.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%