Iron and grazing constraints on primary production in the central equatorial Pacific: An EqPac synthesis

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 405-418

  Landry, Michael R ^a   Barber, Richard T ^b   Bidigare, Robert R ^a   Chai, Fei ^c   Coale, Kenneth H ^d   Dam, Hans G ^e   Lewis, Marlon R ^f   Lindley, Steven T ^g   McCarthy, James J ^h   Roman, Michael R ⁱ   Stoecker, Diane K ⁱ   Verity, Peter G ^j   White, Jacques R ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^j SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 0030820248     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.3.0405     Document Type: Article

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