Senior Researcher: My research focusses on the roles of trace metal biogeochemistry, with particular interest of Iron (Fe), and light dynamics in the Southern Ocean primary productivity. My research interest is on understanding the effects of resource limitations of marine phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean. This research combines Fe speciation, analytical chemistry, and phytoplankton physiology and is approached from two directions: i) Field work measurements and ii) laboratory studies, with projects combining onboard bioassay Fe/light incubation bottle experiments coupled laboratory culture experiments and processed and distributions of Fe pools in seawater. I am always interested to hear from MSc and PhD students. If interested, send me a letter of research interest, CV and academic record.
Dr. Thato Mtshali (DFFE)
Publications
Winter Biogeochemical Cycling of Dissolved and Particulate Cadmium in the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean (GEOTRACES GIpr07 Transect)
Frontiers in Marine Science Continue ReadingSeasonal Depletion of the Dissolved Iron Reservoirs in the Sub‐Antarctic Zone of the Southern Atlantic Ocean
GRL Continue ReadingSeasonal development of iron limitation in the sub-Antarctic zone
Biogeosciences, 2018, 15, 4647-4660, doi: 10.5194/bg-15-4647-2018 Continue ReadingModelled estimates of spatial variability of iron stress in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean
Biogeosciences, 2017, doi: 10.5194/BG-14-3883-2017 Continue ReadingSouthern Ocean Seasonal Cycle Experiment 2012: Seasonal scale climate and carbon cycle links
South African Journal of Science., 2012, 108(3/4), doi.org/10.4102/sajs.v108i3/4.1089 Continue ReadingA global compilation of over 13 000 dissolved iron measurements: focus on distributions and processes in the Southern Ocean
Biogeosciences, 2012, 8, 11489-11527, doi:10.5194/bgd-8-11489-2011 Continue Reading