@article{fdi:010090146,
  title = {{A}uthigenic mineral phases as a driver of the upper-ocean iron cycle},
  author = {{T}agliabue, {A}. and {B}uck, {K}. {N}. and {S}ofen, {L}. {E}. and {T}wining, {B}. {S}. and {A}umont, {O}livier and {B}oyd, {P}. {W}. and {C}aprara, {S}. and {H}omoky, {W}. {B}. and {J}ohnson, {R}. and {K}onig, {D}. and {O}hnemus, {D}. {C}. and {S}ohst, {B}. and {S}edwick, {P}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}ron is important in regulating the ocean carbon cycle(1). {A}lthough several dissolved and particulate species participate in oceanic iron cycling, current understanding emphasizes the importance of complexation by organic ligands in stabilizing oceanic dissolved iron concentrations(2-6). {H}owever, it is difficult to reconcile this view of ligands as a primary control on dissolved iron cycling with the observed size partitioning of dissolved iron species, inefficient dissolved iron regeneration at depth or the potential importance of authigenic iron phases in particulate iron observational datasets(7-12). {H}ere we present a new dissolved iron, ligand and particulate iron seasonal dataset from the {B}ermuda {A}tlantic {T}ime-series {S}tudy ({BATS}) region. {W}e find that upper-ocean dissolved iron dynamics were decoupled from those of ligands, which necessitates a process by which dissolved iron escapes ligand stabilization to generate a reservoir of authigenic iron particles that settle to depth. {W}hen this 'colloidal shunt' mechanism was implemented in a global-scale biogeochemical model, it reproduced both seasonal iron-cycle dynamics observations and independent global datasets when previous models failed(13-15). {O}verall, we argue that the turnover of authigenic particulate iron phases must be considered alongside biological activity and ligands in controlling ocean-dissolved iron distributions and the coupling between dissolved and particulate iron pools.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ature},
  volume = {620},
  numero = {7972},
  pages = {104--109 + [9 p.]},
  ISSN = {0028-0836},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.1038/s41586-023-06210-5},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010090146},
}