Importance of stirring in the development of an iron-fertilized phytoplankton bloom

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6805, 2000, Pages 727-730

  Abraham, Edward R ^a   Law, Cliff S ^b   Boyd, Philip W ^c   Lavender, Samantha J ^b,d   Maldonado, Maria T ^e,f   Bowie, Andrew R ^b,g  

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

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FERTILIZER; IRON; SILICATE;

ALGAL BLOOM; DISPERSAL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IRON; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION GROWTH;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; TELECOMMUNICATION;

BIOMECHANICS; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZERS; IRON; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILICATES;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE;

EID: 0034641934     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35037555     Document Type: Article

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