Computer Science
Scientific paper
Oct 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980e%26psl..50..105e&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 50, Issue 1, p. 105-114.
Computer Science
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Scientific paper
Vertical profiles of concentrations of iodate- and total-iodine have been measured at thirty stations in the Pacific, Atlantic and Antarctic Oceans. The salinity-normalised iodine profiles are indicative of both iodine removal and iodate reduction in the euphotic zone. Thus, surface waters appear to be depleted in iodate-iodine (by 0.03-0.22 μM) but less so in total-iodine (by <0.01-0.06 μM) when compared with the near-constant iodine concentrations (~0.46 μM) at depth. Graphs of specific total-iodine versus specific phosphate fit a linear model well and lie within a narrow envelope for all stations, suggesting a direct coupling of iodine and nutrients during assimilation/regeneration. The I/C atom ratio calculated from these hydrographic data (1.0 × 10-4) agrees well with contemporary plankton compositions (I/C = 1.4 (+/-0.8) × 10-4). Similar graphs involving specific iodate also fit a linear model well. However, their gradients vary from station to station leading to a variability in I/C interconversion ratio, analogous to the variability of Redfield nutrient ratios for coastal waters. This variation is attributed to changes in both productivity and nitrate availability. Pacific deep waters contain anomalously high total-iodine concentrations which may reflect regional differences of I/P ratio in surface waters or else diffusion of iodine from bottom sediments.
Elderfield Henry
Truesdale Victor W.
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