Re-examining the Antarctic Paradox: Speculation on the Southern Ocean as a nutrient-limited system

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 27, Issue , 1998, Pages 661-668

  Priddle, Julian ^a   Nedwell, David B ^b   Whitehouse, Michael J ^a   Reay, David S ^b   Savidge, Graham ^c   Gilpin, Linda C ^c   Murphy, Eugene J ^a   Ellis Evans, J Cynan ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0032439889     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/1998aog27-1-661-668     Document Type: Article

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