Limitation of algal growth by iron deficiency in the Australian Subantarctic region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2865-2868

  Sedwick, Peter N ^a   DiTullio, Giacomo R ^b   Hutchins, David A ^c   Boyd, Philip W ^d   Griffiths, F Brian ^e   Crossley, A Clive ^f   Trull, Thomas W ^a   Quéguiner, Bernard ^g  

^a ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b School of Business   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^g STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; INORGANIC ACIDS; IRON; MARINE BIOLOGY; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; BOTTLES; DISSOLUTION; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAL GROWTH; PHYTOPLANKTONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY; IRON;

AUTUMN; IRON; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUMMER;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; SUBANTARCTIC WATERS; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONES; TASMANIA , AUSTRALIA; UPPER WATER COLUMN; VERTICAL GRADIENTS;

ALGAE;

EID: 0033568902     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL002284     Document Type: Article

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