Silicate regulation of new production in the equatorial Pacific upwelling

Nature

Volumn 391, Issue 6664, 1998, Pages 270-273

  Dugdale, Richard C ^a   Wilkerson, Frances P ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; NITRATE; NITROGEN; SILICATE; SURFACE WATER;

DIATOM; NEW PRODUCTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SILICATE; UPWELLING;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GEOGRAPHY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC, )EQUATORIAL EAST);

EID: 0032518516     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/34630     Document Type: Article

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