Control of phytoplankton growth by iron supply and irradiance in the subantarctic Southern Ocean: Experimental results from the SAZ Project

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C12, 2001, Pages 31573-31583

  Boyd, P W ^a   Crossley, A C ^b   DiTullio, G R ^c   Griffiths, F B ^d   Hutchins, D A ^e   Queguiner, B ^f,h   Sedwick, P N ^g   Trull, T W ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^f CNRS   (France)

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

^h STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

GROWTH REGULATOR; IRON; IRRADIANCE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0035722225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000348     Document Type: Article

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