Heterotrophic Bacteria and Phytoplankton Response to Dry and Wet Saharan and Namibian Desert Dust Deposition in the Subtropical and Tropical Eastern Atlantic Ocean

Aja Trebec1, Catarina Guerreiro2, Jan-Berend Stuut3,4, Nauzet Hernández1 and Javier Aristegui1, (1)Instituto de Oceanografía y Cambio Global (IOCAG), Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, (2)MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ARNET - Aquatic Research Network, FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal, (3)NIOZ - Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Texel, Netherlands, (4)Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Earth Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands