Role of iron, light, and silicate in controlling algal biomass in subantarctic waters SE of New Zealand

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C6, 1999, Pages 13395-13408

  Boyd, Philip ^a   LaRoche, Julie ^b   Gall, Mark ^c   Frew, Russell ^a   McKay, R Michael L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; IRON; LIGHT EFFECT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLAR REGION; SILICATE;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0032745591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900009     Document Type: Article

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