From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Mon Jan 06 2003 - 07:16:26 MST
On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 ABlainey@aol.com wrote:
> I wish i could remember the details of where, when and who, but I
> didn't make a note. I did think it was a great idea and hope the technique
> could be developed. It may also has some potential in teraforming high C02
> atmosphere planets like mars.
Behrenfeld MJ, Kolber ZS.
Widespread iron limitation of phytoplankton in the south pacific ocean
Science. 1999 Feb 5;283(5403):840-3.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9933166&dopt=Abstract
I believe there have now been several experiments done related to this.
One of the problems appears to be that as soon as you increase the
production of cyanobacteria, you also increase the production of zooplankton
so it seems to be somewhat self-limiting.
See also some discussion in:
Global Warming is a Red Herring (yours truly)
http://www.aeiveos.com/~bradbury/Papers/GWiaRH.html
Robert
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