iron_growth_limitation_of_diazotrophs

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Created: 13 Oct 2016

Proposer: Paul Durack

Proposed Date: 2016-09-28

CMIP6 - OMIP

New standard names for OMIP biogeochemistry and chemistry

Change Date: 13 Oct 2016, 2:55 p.m.

iron_limitation_of_diazotrophs 1 [UUUU]

Change Date: 13 Oct 2016, 2:56 p.m.

iron_limitation_of_diazotrophs 1 [UUUU]
Phytoplankton are autotrophic prokaryotic or eukaryotic algae that live near the water surface where there is sufficient light to support photosynthesis. In ocean modelling, diazotrophs are phytoplankton of the phylum cyanobacteria distinct from other phytoplankton groups in their ability to fix nitrogen gas in addition to nitrate and ammonium.

Change Date: 15 Nov 2016, 12:07 p.m.

iron_growth_limitation_of_diazotrophs 1 [UUUU]
Phytoplankton are autotrophic prokaryotic or eukaryotic algae that live near the water surface where there is sufficient light to support photosynthesis. In ocean modelling, diazotrophs are phytoplankton of the phylum cyanobacteria distinct from other phytoplankton groups in their ability to fix nitrogen gas in addition to nitrate and ammonium.

Change Date: 15 Nov 2016, 12:07 p.m.

iron_growth_limitation_of_diazotrophs 1 [UUUU] P07 id: WOFTU731
In ocean modelling, diazotrophs are phytoplankton of the phylum cyanobacteria distinct from other phytoplankton groups in their ability to fix nitrogen gas in addition to nitrate and ammonium. Phytoplankton are algae that grow where there is sufficient light to support photosynthesis. "Iron growth limitation" means the ratio of the growth rate of a species population in the environment (where there is a finite availability of iron) to the theoretical growth rate if there were no such limit on iron availability.