[HTML][HTML] Reviews and syntheses: The biogeochemical cycle of silicon in the modern ocean

PJ Tréguer, JN Sutton, M Brzezinski… - …, 2021 - bg.copernicus.org
The element silicon (Si) is required for the growth of silicified organisms in marine
environments, such as diatoms. These organisms consume vast amounts of Si together with …

The world ocean silica cycle

PJ Tréguer, CL De La Rocha - Annual review of marine science, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Over the past few decades, we have realized that the silica cycle is strongly intertwined with
other major biogeochemical cycles, like those of carbon and nitrogen, and as such is …

The Weddell Gyre, Southern Ocean: present knowledge and future challenges

M Vernet, W Geibert, M Hoppema… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Weddell Gyre (WG) is one of the main oceanographic features of the Southern
Ocean south of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current which plays an influential role in global …

Links between iron supply, marine productivity, sea surface temperature, and CO2 over the last 1.1 Ma

A Martínez‐Garcia, A Rosell‐Melé, W Geibert… - …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Paleoclimatic reconstructions have provided a unique data set to test the sensitivity of
climate system to changes in atmospheric CO2 concentrations. However, the mechanisms …

230Th Normalization: New Insights on an Essential Tool for Quantifying Sedimentary Fluxes in the Modern and Quaternary Ocean

KM Costa, CT Hayes, RF Anderson… - Paleoceanography …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 230Th normalization is a valuable paleoceanographic tool for reconstructing high‐
resolution sediment fluxes during the late Pleistocene (last~ 500,000 years). As its …

New tools for the reconstruction of Pleistocene Antarctic sea ice

O Esper, R Gersonde - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2014 - Elsevier
Based on the quantitative analysis of diatom assemblages preserved in 274 surface
sediment samples recovered in the Pacific, Atlantic and western Indian sectors of the …

Diatom distribution in southeastern Pacific surface sediments and their relationship to modern environmental variables

O Esper, R Gersonde, N Kadagies - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2010 - Elsevier
The quantitative analysis of diatom assemblages preserved in 52 samples from the
Bellingshausen and the Amundsen Seas provides the first comprehensive view on the …

Age assignment of a diatomaceous ooze deposited in the western Amundsen Sea Embayment after the Last Glacial Maximum

CD Hillenbrand, JA Smith, G Kuhn… - … : Published for the …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Reliable dating of glaciomarine sediments deposited on the Antarctic shelf since the Last
Glacial Maximum (LGM) is challenging because of the rarity of calcareous (micro‐) fossils …

Last Glacial Maximum sea surface temperature and sea-ice extent in the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean

V Benz, O Esper, R Gersonde, F Lamy… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Sea surface temperatures and sea-ice extent are most critical variables to evaluate the
Southern Ocean paleoceanographic evolution in relation to the development of the global …

Regional and seasonal differences in microplankton biomass, productivity, and structure across the Scotia Sea: Implications for the export of biogenic carbon

RE Korb, MJ Whitehouse, P Ward, M Gordon… - Deep Sea Research …, 2012 - Elsevier
Surveys of the microplankton communities of the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean, were carried
out during three separate seasons of interest, spring, summer, and autumn of consecutive …