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Science 10 July 1998:
Vol. 281. no. 5374, pp. 207 - 209
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5374.207
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Acquisition and Utilization of Transition Metal Ions by Marine Organisms

Alison Butler

Recent research has revealed that trace metals, particularly transition metals, play important roles in marine productivity. Most of the work has been on iron, which shows a nutrient- depleted profile in the upper ocean. Marine organisms have a variety of means for acquiring iron and other transition metal ions that differ from those of terrestrial organisms.

Alison Butler is in the Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9510, USA.

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