Flegal, A. R. and Settle, D. M. and Patterson, C. C. (1986) Thallium in marine plankton. Marine Biology, 90 (4). pp. 501-503. ISSN 0025-3162. doi:10.1007/BF00409270. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140915-101246730
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Abstract
Concentrations of thallium in phytoplankton (0.02 to 0.8 μg g^(−1)), zooplankton (0.03 to 0.5 μg g^(−1)) and ichthyoplankton (0.1 μg g^(−1)) from the central Pacific were comparable (x¯=0.2μg g^(−1)) , as were the atomic ratios of thallium to calcium (∼3x10^(−6)) and to potassium (∼1x10^(−6)) in those organisms. These relatively constant ratios, plus the biounlimited ocean profile of thallium, indicate that it is rapidly cycled through plankton in the same manner as potassium, its principal biogeochemical analogue. The higher atomic ratios of thallium to potassium in pelagic clays (6x10^(−6)) and ferromanganese nodules (4x10^(−3)) suggest that both biological transport processes and abiotic transport processes influence this trace element's oceanic cycle.
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| Additional Information: | © 1986 Springer-Verlag. Date of final manuscript acceptance: October 4. 1985. Communicated by R. S. Carney. Moss Landing. We thank S. W. Fowler and L. F. Small for their constructive criticisms. and C. King for her editing of the: manuscript. This research has been supported by NSF Grants OCE 8113211 and OCE 8309392. Marine Chemistry Division of Ocean Sciences. | |||||||||
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