caa a22 4500 605516472 CHVBK 20210128100714.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10533-015-0091-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10533-015-0091-6 Glacial meltwater from Greenland is not likely to be an important source of Fe to the North Atlantic [Elektronische Daten] [M. Hopwood, S. Bacon, K. Arendt, D. Connelly, P. Statham] Recent work has shown that glaciers are a globally significant source of the micronutrient Fe to the ocean. Polar regions are particularly susceptible to climate change and have been subject to pronounced warming in the past few decades. In response to this warming, the volume of glacial meltwater runoff from Greenland has increased. This meltwater has a relatively high particulate and dissolved Fe content. Seasonal Fe limitation of marine ecosystems has been found in parts of the North Atlantic, so it has been proposed that increasing fluxes of Fe rich meltwater from Greenland to the North Atlantic could alleviate this Fe limitation and thereby increase marine primary production. However, here we use a synthesis of biogeochemical and physical oceanography studies to suggest that the physical circulation around Greenland does not favour direct export of dissolved or particulate Fe from inshore to offshore waters. The Fe budget in surface waters of the North Atlantic may therefore be insensitive to increasing meltwater fluxes from Greenland. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2015 Iron nationallicence North Atlantic nationallicence Glacial flour nationallicence Greenland nationallicence Hopwood M. Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, SO14 3ZH, Southampton, UK aut Bacon S. National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, SO14 3ZH, Southampton, UK aut Arendt K. Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, PO Box 570, 3900, Nuuk, Greenland aut Connelly D. National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, SO14 3ZH, Southampton, UK aut Statham P. Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, SO14 3ZH, Southampton, UK aut Biogeochemistry Springer International Publishing 124/1-3(2015-05-01), 1-11 0168-2563 124:1-3<1 2015 124 10533 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-015-0091-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-015-0091-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hopwood M. Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, SO14 3ZH, Southampton, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bacon S. National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, SO14 3ZH, Southampton, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Arendt K. Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, PO Box 570, 3900, Nuuk, Greenland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Connelly D. National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, SO14 3ZH, Southampton, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Statham P. Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, SO14 3ZH, Southampton, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biogeochemistry Springer International Publishing 124/1-3(2015-05-01), 1-11 0168-2563 124:1-3<1 2015 124 10533