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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2026

The Global Ocean Selenium Cycle Shaped by Phytoplankton Uptake and Community Structure.

Peipei Wu, Gregory A Cutter, Amina T Schartup

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Peipei WuScripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3969-3372
Gregory A CutterDepartment of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6744-6718
Amina T SchartupScripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9289-8107

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Selenium (Se) is an essential micronutrient for humans, with seafood as a major dietary source, yet its cycling in the ocean remains poorly understood. Here, we present the first global 3-D ocean Se model, constrained by field observations and laboratory experiments, to identify the processes that control marine Se speciation and distribution. Biological uptake by phytoplankton emerges as the dominant driver of horizontal gradients and vertical nutrient-like profiles of inorganic Se (selenite, Se(IV) + selenate, Se(VI)). Surprisingly, oligotrophic regions dominated by cyanobacteria (

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PhytoplanktonSeleniumOceans and SeasSeawaterSeleniumbiological uptakemarine cyclingMIT IGSMphytoplankton communityselenite

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PMID42287328
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