Iron-enrichment bottle experiments in the equatorial Pacific: Responses of individual phytoplankton cells

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 4-6, 1996, Pages 1017-1029

  Zettler, Erik R ^a,d   Olson, Robert J ^a   Binder, Brian J ^b,e   Chisholm, Sallie W ^b   Fitzwater, S E ^c   Gordon, R Michael ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d Sea Education Association   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; COCCOLITHOPHORIDE;

BOTTLE EXPERIMENT; DIATOM; IRON; IRON-ENRICHMENT EXPERIMENTS; NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 0030423999     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0645(96)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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