EqPac co-limitation
Project in the Equatorial Pacific (on RV Sonne) investigating phytoplankton nutrient limitation at a range of scales, from nutrient deficiency (via (micro)nutrient concentrations), nutrient stress (via metaproteomics), and nutrient limitation (via bioassay experiments). We then linked phytoplankton nutrient limitation regimes to their fluorescence characteristics, which formed the basis for the ERC 鈥極cean Glow鈥� project
Funded by the BMBF
Highlight publications:
Browning, T.J., Saito, M.A., Garaba, S.P., Wang, X., Achterberg, E.P., Moore, C.M., Engel, A., Mcllvin, M.R., Moran, D., Voss, D. and Zielinski, O., 2023. Persistent equatorial Pacific iron limitation under ENSO forcing. Nature, 621(7978), pp.330-335.
Rainbow
Project in the subtropical North Atlantic investigating nitrogen-phosphorus co-limitation of phytoplankton productivity and phosphorus-iron limitation of nitrogen fixation
Funded by the DFG
Highlight publications:
Yuan, Z., Achterberg, E.P., Engel, A., Dai, M. and Browning, T.J., 2024. Switches between nitrogen limitation and nitrogen鈥損hosphorus co鈥恖imitation in the subtropical North Atlantic Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography, 69(4), pp.1005-1013.
Yuan, Z., Achterberg, E.P., Engel, A., Wen, Z., Zhou, L., Zhu, X., Dai, M. and Browning, T.J., 2023. Phytoplankton community response to episodic wet and dry aerosol deposition in the subtropical North Atlantic. Limnology and Oceanography, 68(9), pp.2126-2140.
