Global Iron Connections Between Desert Dust, Ocean Biogeochemistry, and Climate

By T. Jickells, Z. An, K. K. Andersen, A. Baker, G. Bergametti, N. Brooks, Junji Cao, Philip W. Boyd, R. Duce, K. Hunter and 9 more. Science, 2005

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Nitrogen fixation in the western equatorial Pacific: Rates, diazotrophic cyanobacterial size class distribution, and biogeochemical significance (2009, background): “The high iron-rich dust deposition in the Atlantic compared to the Pacific Ocean [Jickells et al., 2005] cannot be excluded to explain such interbasin trends in diazotroph population composition; however, the ecological factors that control marine nitrogen fixation in the ocean are not fully…”
A comprehensive numerical model of steady state saltation (COMSALT) (2009, background): “Soil dust emitted by these features substantially affects climate [Sokolik et al., 2001] and provides limiting nutrients to a range of ecosystems [Jickells et al., 2005].”
Atmospheric iron deposition: global distribution, variability, and human perturbations. (2009, background): “…ocean carbon cycle, carbon dioxide concentrations, and iron inputs; also shows how humans could be perturbing the iron deposition to the oceans. other greenhouse gases (e.g., methane or nitrous oxide) or aerosols (sulfate or organic), thereby complicating this feedback (e.g., Jickells et al. 2005).”