http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120313140434.htm
Input of Iron Linked to Biological Productivity in Ancient Pacific Ocean "By closely examining the sedimentary record, Murray and his colleagues have established a clear relationship between plant plankton (diatoms) and the input of iron, exactly as Martin predicted." ... "By examining the paleo-oceanographic record of iron input and the deposition of diatoms, Murray and his colleagues found that the ancient system is highly consistent with what occurs in the oceans today." ... "The new publication provides an important sedimentary record from the high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll region of the equatorial Pacific Ocean, and shows strong links between iron input and the export and burial of biogenic silica (opal produced from diatoms) over the past million years." The full paper is available on - Links between iron input and opal deposition in the Pleistocene equatorial Pacific Ocean Richard W. Murray,, Margaret Leinen & & Christopher W. Knowlton AffiliationsContributionsCorresponding author Nature Geoscience (2012) doi:10.1038/ngeo1422 Received 13 January 2011 Accepted 14 February 2012 Published online 11 March 2012 This paper clearly mentions Diatoms as the phytoplankton that sequester more carbon than other phytoplankton. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.
