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Funded Activity Summary
Deciphering strategies polar phytoplankton employ to lessen iron limitation. The Southern Ocean is of global importance. It comprises one-third of the global ocean by area and disproportionately absorbs two-thirds of anthropogenic ocean heat and half of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions even though phytoplankton in this region are chronically iron-limited. This project aims to understand why copper uptake by phytoplankton lessens the effects of iron limitation and how copper substitutes for iron. This knowledge is critical for evaluating the impacts and feedbacks between iron and copper in regulating Southern Ocean productivity and ultimately its ability to drawdown atmospheric CO2. The results from this project will facilitate the development of improved ecosystem models and conservation tools.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2022
End Date: 06-2025
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $470,342.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Ecological Impacts of Climate Change | Biological Oceanography | Chemical Oceanography | Oceanography
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Oceanography | Marine Oceanic Processes (excl. climate related) |
