An assessment of the role of the marginal ice zone in the carbon cycle of the Southern Ocean

Antarctic Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 349-358

  Savidge, G ^a   Priddle, J ^b   Gilpin, L C ^a   Bathmann, U ^c   Murphy, E J ^b   Owens, N J P ^d   Pollard, R T ^e   Turner, D R ^f   Veth, C ^g   Boyd, P ^h  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^g ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

carbon cycling; fronts; ice zone; marginal; primary production; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ALGAL BLOOMS; BLOOM; CARBON CYCLE; FRONTS; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE;

EID: 0030302482     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102096000521     Document Type: Article

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