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Analysis crew to check results of ocean acidification on iron availability to phytoplankton in North Pacific

Kristen Buck, Assistant Professor Chemical Oceanography

Kristen Buck, Assistant Professor Chemical Oceanography

Reported by Denis Bedoya, Writer for Infosurhoy

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Kristen Buck, associate professor in the College of Marine Science, is part of an international, three-year effort to understand how ocean acidification affects the availability of iron, which is critical to the growth of the phytoplankton that form the base of the marine food web.

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