David R. Turner was born in London, UK in 1979. He obtained his M.Sci. in Chemistry at King's College, London where he became interested in crystal nucleation and organimetallic anion sensors. He stayed on to do a Ph.D. with Jonathan Steed at King's College and at Durham University, on urea-functionalised anion receptors, including tripodal organic host species and molecular tweezers. His work also involved aspects of crystal engineering and solid state phenomena involving transition metal/ureido systems.

• List of Contributors. Series Preface. Preface. Introduction (D.R. Turner, K.A. Hunter and H.J.W. de Baar). Iron Limitation in the Oceans (A.J. Watson). Bioavailability and Bioaccumulation of Iron in the Sea (W.G. Sunda). Atmospheric Iron Inputs to the Oceans (T.D. Jickells and L.J. Spokes). Distributions, Sources and Sinks of Iron in Seawater (H.J.W. de Baar and J.T.M de Jong). Analytical Methods for the Determination of Concentrations and Speciation of Iron (K.W. Bruland and E.L. Rue). Thermodynamics of the Iron System in Seawater (T.D. Waite). Transformations Among Different Forms of Iron in the Ocean (J.W. Moffett). Summary and Recommendations (K.A. Hunter, P.W. Boyd, K.W. Bruland, J. Buffle, P. Buat-Menard, H.J.W. de Baar, R.A. Duce, W.J. Sunda, T.D. Jickells, J.W. Moffett, E.L. Rue, L.J. Spokes, B. Sulzberger, D.R. Turner, T.D. Waite, A.J. Watson and M. Whitfield). Index.

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