Impact of changes to the atmospheric soluble iron deposition flux on ocean biogeochemical cycles in the Anthropocene

DS Hamilton, JK Moore, A Arneth… - Global …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Iron can be a growth‐limiting nutrient for phytoplankton, modifying rates of net primary
production, nitrogen fixation, and carbon export‐highlighting the importance of new iron …

[HTML][HTML] Improved methodologies for Earth system modelling of atmospheric soluble iron and observation comparisons using the Mechanism of Intermediate …

DS Hamilton, RA Scanza, Y Feng… - Geoscientific Model …, 2019 - gmd.copernicus.org
Herein, we present a description of the Mechanism of Intermediate complexity for Modelling
Iron (MIMI v1. 0). This iron processing module was developed for use within Earth system …

Aerosol microbiome over the Mediterranean Sea diversity and abundance

E Mescioglu, E Rahav, N Belkin, P Xian, JM Eizenga… - Atmosphere, 2019 - mdpi.com
Prokaryotic microbes can become aerosolized and deposited into new environments
located thousands of kilometers away from their place of origin. The Mediterranean Sea is …

Contribution of airborne microbes to bacterial production and N2 fixation in seawater upon aerosol deposition

E Rahav, G Ovadia, A Paytan… - Geophysical Research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosol deposition may supply a high diversity of airborne microbes, which can affect
surface microbial composition and biological production. This study reports a diverse …

The impact of atmospheric dry deposition associated microbes on the southeastern mediterranean sea surface water following an intense dust storm

E Rahav, A Paytan, CT Chien, G Ovadia… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
This study explores the potential impacts of microbes deposited into the surface seawater of
the southeastern Mediterranean Sea (SEMS) along with atmospheric particles on marine …

Phytoplankton and bacterial response to desert dust deposition in the coastal waters of the southeastern Mediterranean Sea: A four-year in situ survey

E Rahav, N Belkin, A Paytan, B Herut - Atmosphere, 2018 - mdpi.com
Atmospheric dust/aerosol deposition is an important source of external nutrients for the
surface of the ocean. This study shows high-resolution observational data gathered in situ …

Dust-associated airborne microbes affect primary and bacterial production rates, and eukaryotes diversity, in the Northern Red Sea: a mesocosm approach

E Mescioglu, E Rahav, MJ Frada, S Rosenfeld… - Atmosphere, 2019 - mdpi.com
The northern Red Sea (NRS) is a low-nutrient, low-chlorophyll (LNLC) ecosystem with high
rates of atmospheric deposition due to its proximity to arid regions. Impacts of atmospheric …

Evaluating the impact of atmospheric depositions on springtime dinitrogen fixation in the Cretan Sea (eastern Mediterranean)—A mesocosm approach

E Rahav, C Shun-Yan, G Cui, H Liu… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Large amounts of dust and atmospheric aerosols, originating from surrounding desert areas
(eg, Sahara and Middle East) are deposited annually on the surface of the Eastern …

The relationship between air-mass trajectories and the abundance of dust-borne prokaryotes at the SE Mediterranean Sea

E Rahav, N Belkin, A Paytan, B Herut - Atmosphere, 2019 - mdpi.com
Airborne prokaryotes are transported along with dust/aerosols, yet very little attention is
given to their temporal variability above the oceans and the factors that govern their …

Downwind gas condensate volatiles affect phytoplankton communities

E Rahav, N Belkin, X Velasquez, G Sisma-Ventura… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
We investigated the effects of volatile organic carbons (VOCs) evaporated from gas
condensate on the cyanobacteria Synechococcus sp. WH8103, the diatom Asterionellopsis …