Regulation of algal blooms in Antarctic shelf waters by the release of iron from melting sea ice

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 2515-2518

  Sedwick, Peter N ^a   Ditullio, Giacomo R ^b  

^a ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMASS; IRON; SEA ICE;

ALGAL BLOOMS; ANTARCTIC SHELF WATERS;

SURFACE WATERS;

ALGAL BLOOMS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; IRON; SEA ICE;

ROSS SEA, ANTARCTIC SHELF;

EID: 0031251734     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02596     Document Type: Article

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