An iron limitation mosaic in the California upwelling regime

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1037-1054

  Hutchins, D A ^a   DiTullio, G R ^b   Zhang, Y ^a   Bruland, K W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b School of Business and Economics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PLANKTON; UPWELLING;

(NORTHEAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0031766256     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.6.1037     Document Type: Article

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