Iron stress in the Pacific region of the Southern Ocean: Evidence from enrichment bioassays

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 166, Issue , 1998, Pages 27-41

  Timmermans, K R ^a   Van Leeuwe, M A ^a,c   De Jong, J T M ^a   McKay, R M L ^b   Nolting, R F ^a   Witte, H J ^a   Van Ooyen, J ^a   Swagerman, M J W ^a   Kloosterhuis, H ^a   De Baar, H J W ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flavodoxin; Iron stress; Nitrogen assimilation; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM UPTAKE; BIOASSAY; CHLOROPHYLL; DETERMINATION OF CONTENT; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FLAVODOXIN; IRON STRESS; MEASUREMENT; NITRATE; NITRATE UPTAKE; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILICATE; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

IRON STRESS; NITRATE UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC SECTOR; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0032575101     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps166027     Document Type: Article

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