Correction to “Aluminum increases net carbon fixation by marine diatoms and decreases their decomposition: Evidence for the iron–aluminum hypothesis”

Abstract

Zhou, L., F. Liu, Q. Liu, C. Fortin, Y. Tan, L. Huang, and P. G. C. Campbell. 2021. Aluminum increases net carbon fixation by marine diatoms and decreases their decomposition: Evidence for the iron–aluminum hypothesis. Limnol. Oceanogr. 66: 2712–2727.

The first unit error appeared eight times in the text, three times in the tables (Tables 1, 2), five times in three figures (Figs. 2c,d, 5a,b, 7a), and eight times in the Supporting Information (Figs. S2, S3, S4b, S5, S10).

The second unit error appeared three times in the text, one time in Fig. 2f, and one time in the Supporting Information (Fig. S3).

The third unit error appeared one time in the text (in “Materials and methods” section).

The authors confirm that while these errors have been identified and corrected, they do not affect the interpretation of the results or the validity of the original conclusions.

We apologize for the errors.

Please see the revised figures with correct units.

Fig. 5 Particulate organic carbon (POC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the cultures of (a, c) T. pseudonana and (b, d) T. oceanica in Aquil* media with different Al concentrations. The error bars represent standard deviation (n = 2 or 3). The symbols * and ** in subfigures (c) and (d) show the differences between/among the treatments were significant (p < 0.05) and highly significant (p < 0.01), respectively. [Correction added on 28 July 2025, after first online publication: The figure legend has been added in this version.]

Fig. 7 Decomposition of POC in cultures of Thalassiosira weissflogii in Aquil* media with different Al concentrations after introducing bacteria. The arrow indicates the time when bacteria were introduced into the media. The error bars represent standard deviations (n = 2 or 3). (a) particulate organic carbon (POC); (b) changes in POC decomposition rates during the decay phase; (c) comparison between POC decomposition rates in axenic cultures during days 7–25 and POC decomposition rates in non-axenic cultures during days 7–23; (d) dissolved organic carbon (DOC) during the decay phase (on day 16 and day 23). Different lowercase letters above the columns in subfigure (c) indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) among the treatments. The symbols # and ** in subfigure (d) show the differences between the treatments were near significant (p = 0.06) and highly significant (p < 0.01), respectively. [Correction added on 28 July 2025, after first online publication: The figure legend has been added in this version.]