Effects of iron and nitrogen source on the sinking rate, physiology and metal composition of an oceanic diatom from the subarctic Pacific

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 215-227

  Muggli, Deborah L ^a   Lecourt, Maude ^a   Harrison, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Emiliania huxleyi; Iron; Metal quots; Nitrate; Nitrogen source; Oceanic diatom; Sinking rate; Subarctic Pacific

Indexed keywords

IRON; NITROGEN SOURCE; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SINKING;

PACIFIC, (NORTHEAST);

ACTINOCYCLUS; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI;

EID: 0029667170     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps132215     Document Type: Article

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