Ocean Biochemical Cycling and Trace Elements

Henricus de Baar; S.M.A.C. van Heuven; R. Middag

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-39193-9_356-1

Ocean Biochemical Cycling and Trace Elements

Henricus de Baar, S.M.A.C. van Heuven, R. Middag

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Dissolved inorganic carbon (C as DIC) varies around ~2 millimoles [mM = 10−3 M] in seawater and is pivotal for life in the sea. Much less abundant are the nutrients nitrate and phosphate that occur in the micromole [μM = 10−6 M] range and are essential for each living organism. Also essential for life are several trace nutrient elements , notably Fe and Zn, that occur in the nanomolar [nM = 10−9 M] range or even lower such as Co in the picomolar [pM = 10−12 M] range. Several other trace elements also occur in the nanomolar [nM] to picomolar [pM] range. Finally a few ultratrace elements occur in the femtomolar [fM = 10−15 M] range in seawater.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	White W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geochemistry. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series.
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	356-1
Pages	1-21
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-39193-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39193-9_356-1
Publication status	Published - 1-Aug-2017
Externally published	Yes

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Ocean Biochemical Cycling
Trace elements

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