Articles | Volume 44, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-44-381-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-44-381-2025
Research article
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28 Oct 2025
Research article |  | 28 Oct 2025

Trace metal adsorption in three serial flow-through systems: implications for foraminiferal culturing experiments

Christian Helmut Gfatter, Jeremy D. Owens, and Michael Martínez-Colón

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Three flow‑through culturing systems used in lab culturing experiments were reviewed for time to reach chemical equilibrium. This time varied when molybdenum seawater concentration was doubled but not at 5-fold. Two foraminiferal growth experiments show small changes recorded between several low marine molybdenum concentrations. Greater utilization of adsorption-resistant materials in experimental design is advised when researching very low oceanic elemental concentrations of trace metals.
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