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author Baars, Oliver
Croot, Peter L
author_facet Baars, Oliver
Croot, Peter L
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents The speciation of dissolved zinc (Zn) was investigated by voltammetry in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean along two transects across the major frontal systems: along the Zero Meridian and across the Drake Passage. In the Southern Ocean south of the APF we found detectable labile inorganic Zn throughout the surface waters in contrast to studies from lower latitudes. Using a combination of ASV titrations and pseudopolarography revealed the presence of significant concentration of electrochemically inert Zn ligands throughout the Southern Ocean. These ligands however were nearly always saturated due to the presence of excess concentrations of dissolved Zn that were associated with the high nutrient waters south of the Antarctic Polar Front (APF). Only in surface waters did the concentration of Zn complexing ligands exceed the dissolved Zn concentrations suggesting a biological source for these ligands. Our findings have clear implications for the biogeochemical cycling of Zn and for the interpretation of paleo records utilizing Zn in opal as a tracer of Zn speciation in the water column.
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spellingShingle (Table 2) Zinc complexation data from POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXIV/3
Baars, Oliver
Croot, Peter L
ANT-XXIV/3; Constant; CTD/Rosette, ultra clean; CTD-UC; Date/Time of event; DEPTH, water; Elevation of event; Event label; Latitude of event; Ligand concentration; Longitude of event; Polarstern; Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas; PS71; PS71/107-3; PS71/131-5; PS71/161-1; PS71/167-1; PS71/241-6; Scotia Sea, southwest Atlantic; South Atlantic Ocean; SPP1158; Standard deviation; Titration; Weddell Sea; Zinc; Zinc, standard deviation
The speciation of dissolved zinc (Zn) was investigated by voltammetry in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean along two transects across the major frontal systems: along the Zero Meridian and across the Drake Passage. In the Southern Ocean south of the APF we found detectable labile inorganic Zn throughout the surface waters in contrast to studies from lower latitudes. Using a combination of ASV titrations and pseudopolarography revealed the presence of significant concentration of electrochemically inert Zn ligands throughout the Southern Ocean. These ligands however were nearly always saturated due to the presence of excess concentrations of dissolved Zn that were associated with the high nutrient waters south of the Antarctic Polar Front (APF). Only in surface waters did the concentration of Zn complexing ligands exceed the dissolved Zn concentrations suggesting a biological source for these ligands. Our findings have clear implications for the biogeochemical cycling of Zn and for the interpretation of paleo records utilizing Zn in opal as a tracer of Zn speciation in the water column.
title (Table 2) Zinc complexation data from POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXIV/3
topic ANT-XXIV/3; Constant; CTD/Rosette, ultra clean; CTD-UC; Date/Time of event; DEPTH, water; Elevation of event; Event label; Latitude of event; Ligand concentration; Longitude of event; Polarstern; Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas; PS71; PS71/107-3; PS71/131-5; PS71/161-1; PS71/167-1; PS71/241-6; Scotia Sea, southwest Atlantic; South Atlantic Ocean; SPP1158; Standard deviation; Titration; Weddell Sea; Zinc; Zinc, standard deviation
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.846876