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Observations of dissolved iron concentrations in the World Ocean: implications and constraints for ocean biogeochemical models
Abstract. Analysis of a global compilation of dissolved iron observations provides insights into the controlling processes for iron distributions and some constraints for ocean biogeochemical models. The distribution of dissolved iron is consistent with the conceptual model developed for the scavenging of Th isotopes, whereby particle scavenging is a two-step process of scavenging mainly by colloidal and small particulates followed by aggregation and removal on larger sinking particles. Much of the dissolved iron (<0.4 μm) is present as small colloids (>~0.02 μm) and, thus, likely subject to aggregation and scavenging removal. Only the iron bound to soluble ligands (<~0.02 μm) is likely protected from scavenging removal. This implies distinct scavenging regimes for dissolved iron that appear consistent with the observational data: 1) high scavenging regime – where dissolved iron concentrations exceed the concentrations of strongly binding organic ligands; and 2) moderate scavenging regime – where dissolved iron is bound to both colloidal and soluble ligands. The removal rates for dissolved iron will be a function of biological uptake, number and size distributions of the colloidal and small particulate material, ligand dynamics, and the aggregation processes that lead to removal on larger particles.
Inputs from dust deposition and continental sediments are key drivers of dissolved iron distributions. The observations provide several strong constraints for ocean biogeochemical models: 1) similar deep ocean concentrations in the North Atlantic and North Pacific (~0.6–0.8 nM), and much lower deep ocean dissolved iron concentrations in the Southern Ocean (~0.3–0.4 nM); 2) strong depletion of iron in the upper ocean away from the high dust deposition regions, with significant scavenging removal of dissolved iron below the euphotic zone; and 3) a bimodal distribution in surface waters with peaks less than 0.2 nM and between 0.6–0.8 nM. We compare the dissolved iron observations with output from the Biogeochemical Elemental Cycling (BEC) ocean model. The model output was in general agreement with the field data (r=0.76, for depths 103–502 m), but at lower iron concentrations (<0.3 nM) the model is consistently biased high relative to the observations.
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RC S534: 'Review of the manuscript by referee', olivier aumont, 22 May 2007
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RC S629: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Jun 2007
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SC S998: 'Reply to Review #1 (Aumont)', Jefferson Keith Moore, 30 Jul 2007
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AC S1005: 'Reply to Review #2 (Anonymous)', Jefferson Keith Moore, 30 Jul 2007
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RC S534: 'Review of the manuscript by referee', olivier aumont, 22 May 2007
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SC S998: 'Reply to Review #1 (Aumont)', Jefferson Keith Moore, 30 Jul 2007
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AC S1005: 'Reply to Review #2 (Anonymous)', Jefferson Keith Moore, 30 Jul 2007
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