Volume 3, Issue 1
Effect of Ocean Iron Fertilization on the Phytoplankton Biological Carbon Pump

Adv. Appl. Math. Mech., 3 (2011), pp. 52-64.

Published online: 2011-03

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It has been proposed that photosynthetic plankton can be used as a biological carbon pump to absorb and sequester carbon dioxide in the ocean. In this paper, plankton population dynamics are simulated in a single stratified water column to predict carbon dioxide sequestering due to surface iron fertilization in deep ocean. Using a predator-prey model and realistic parameter values, iron fertilization was found to only cause temporary blooms up to 5 months in duration, and relatively small increases in adsorption of atmospheric $\mathrm{CO_{2}}$.

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Phytoplankton, carbon dioxide, iron fertilization, carbon pump.

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@Article{AAMM-3-52, author = {Adam and Pan and and 20407 and and Adam Pan and Babak and Pourziaei and and 20408 and and Babak Pourziaei and Huaxiong and Huang and and 20409 and and Huaxiong Huang}, title = {Effect of Ocean Iron Fertilization on the Phytoplankton Biological Carbon Pump}, journal = {Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics}, year = {2011}, volume = {3}, number = {1}, pages = {52--64}, abstract = {

It has been proposed that photosynthetic plankton can be used as a biological carbon pump to absorb and sequester carbon dioxide in the ocean. In this paper, plankton population dynamics are simulated in a single stratified water column to predict carbon dioxide sequestering due to surface iron fertilization in deep ocean. Using a predator-prey model and realistic parameter values, iron fertilization was found to only cause temporary blooms up to 5 months in duration, and relatively small increases in adsorption of atmospheric $\mathrm{CO_{2}}$.

}, issn = {2075-1354}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.4208/aamm.10-m1023}, url = {http://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/aamm/156.html} }
TY - JOUR T1 - Effect of Ocean Iron Fertilization on the Phytoplankton Biological Carbon Pump AU - Pan , Adam AU - Pourziaei , Babak AU - Huang , Huaxiong JO - Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics VL - 1 SP - 52 EP - 64 PY - 2011 DA - 2011/03 SN - 3 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/aamm.10-m1023 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/aamm/156.html KW - Phytoplankton, carbon dioxide, iron fertilization, carbon pump. AB -

It has been proposed that photosynthetic plankton can be used as a biological carbon pump to absorb and sequester carbon dioxide in the ocean. In this paper, plankton population dynamics are simulated in a single stratified water column to predict carbon dioxide sequestering due to surface iron fertilization in deep ocean. Using a predator-prey model and realistic parameter values, iron fertilization was found to only cause temporary blooms up to 5 months in duration, and relatively small increases in adsorption of atmospheric $\mathrm{CO_{2}}$.

Adam Pan, Babak Pourziaei & Huaxiong Huang. (1970). Effect of Ocean Iron Fertilization on the Phytoplankton Biological Carbon Pump. Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. 3 (1). 52-64. doi:10.4208/aamm.10-m1023
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