Nutrient anomalies in Fragilariopsis kerguelensis blooms, iron deficiency and the nitrate/phosphate ratio (A. C. Redfield) of the Antarctic Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 229-260

  De Baar, H J W ^a,b   Van Leeuwe, M A ^a   Scharek, R ^c   Goeyens, L ^d   Bakker, K M J ^a   Fritsche, P ^e  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; FRAGILARIOPSIS; FRAGILARIOPSIS KERGUELENSIS;

ALGAL BLOOMS; IRON; NUTRIENTS; OCEANIC FRONTS; POLAR FRONTAL REGION; REDFIELD RATIOS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0030986011     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(96)00102-6     Document Type: Article

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