Jones, Matthew R. orcid.org/0000-0001-8077-2331, Chance, Rosie orcid.org/0000-0002-5906-176X, Bell, Thomas et al. (7 more authors) (2024) Iodide, iodate & dissolved organic iodine in the temperate coastal ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science. 1277595. ISSN 2296-7745
Abstract
The surface ocean is the main source of iodine to the atmosphere, where it plays a crucial role including in the catalytic removal of tropospheric ozone. The availability of surface oceanic iodine is governed by its biogeochemical cycling, the controls of which are poorly constrained. Here we show a near two-year time series of the primary iodine species, iodide, iodate and dissolved organic iodine (DOI) in inner shelf marine surface waters of the Western English Channel (UK). The median ± standard deviation concentrations between November 2019 and September 2021 (n=76) were: iodide 88 ± 17 nM (range 61-149 nM), iodate 293 ± 28 nM (198-382 nM), DOI 16 ± 16 nM (<0.12-75 nM) and total dissolved iodine (dIT) 399 ± 30 nM (314-477 nM). Though lower than inorganic iodine ion concentrations, DOI was a persistent and non-negligible component of dIT, which is consistent with previous studies in coastal waters. Over the time series, dIT was not conserved and the missing pool of iodine accounted for ~6% of the observed concentration suggesting complex mechanisms governing dIT removal and renewal. The contribution of excess iodine (I*) sourced from the coastal margin towards dIT was generally low (3 ± 29 nM) but exceptional events influenced dIT concentrations by up to ±100 nM. The seasonal variability in iodine speciation was asynchronous with the observed phytoplankton primary productivity. Nevertheless, iodate reduction began as light levels and then biomass increased in spring and iodide attained its peak concentration in mid to late autumn during post-bloom conditions. Dissolved organic iodine was present, but variable, throughout the year. During winter, iodate concentrations increased due to the advection of North Atlantic surface waters. The timing of changes in iodine speciation and the magnitude of I* subsumed by seawater processes supports the paradigm that transformations between iodine species are biologically mediated, though not directly linked.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Funding Information: The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This work was funded by a European Research Council (ERC) (project O3-SML; grant agreement no. 833290) grant under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme to LC. This work was also supported by the UK Natural Environment Research Council’s National Capability Long-term Single Centre Science Programme, Climate Linked Atlantic Sector Science, grant number NE/R015953/1, and is a contribution to Theme 1.3 - Biological Dynamics. Acknowledgments Funding Information: This paper also contributes to the science plan of the Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS), which is partially supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (Grant OCE-1840868) via the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR). We are especially grateful to Plymouth Marine Laboratory and the crew of the RV Plymouth Quest, for collecting and filtering seawater samples. We thank the reviewers for their time, insights and comments that helped improve this paper. Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2024 Jones, Chance, Bell, Jones, Loades, May, Tinel, Weddell, Widdicombe and Carpenter. |
Keywords: | biogeochemistry,iodate,iodide,iodine speciation,marine systems,seasonal time series |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Chemistry (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 04 Apr 2024 08:50 |
Last Modified: | 08 Dec 2024 00:19 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1277595 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3389/fmars.2024.1277595 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:211197 |
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