A mesoscale phytoplankton bloom in the polar Southern Ocean stimulated by iron fertilization

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6805, 2000, Pages 695-702

  Boyd, Philip W ^a   Watson, Andrew J ^b   Law, Cliff S ^c   Abraham, Edward R ^d   Trull, Thomas ^e   Murdoch, Rob ^d   Bakker, Dorothee C E ^b   Bowie, Andrew R ^c,f   Buesseler, K O ^g   Chang, Hoe ^d   Charette, Matthew ^g   Croot, Peter ^h   Downing, Ken ^d   Frew, Russell ^a   Gall, Mark ^d   Hadfield, Mark ^d   Hall, Julie ^d   Harvey, Mike ^d   Jameson, Greg ^c   LaRoche, Julie ⁱ   Liddicoat, Malcolm ^c   Ling, Roger ^c   Maldonado, Maria T ^j,k   McKay, R Michael ^l   Nodder, Scott ^d   Pickmere, Stu ^d   Pridmore, Rick ^d   Rintoul, Steve ^m   Safi, Karl ^d   Sutton, Philip ^d   Strzepek, Robert ⁿ   Tanneberger, Kim ^b   Turner, Suzanne ^b   Waite, Anya ^o   Zeldis, John ^d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^g WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^h ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

ⁱ GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^j MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^l BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m CSIRO   (Australia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^o UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; IRON; SURFACE WATER;

ALGAL BLOOM; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; IRON; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; IRON TRANSPORT; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OCEANIC REGIONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZERS; FORECASTING; IRON; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0034641955     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35037500     Document Type: Article

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