Iron and zinc effects on silicic acid and nitrate uptake kinetics in three high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll (HNLC) regions

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 252, Issue , 2003, Pages 15-33

  Franck, Valerie M ^a,d   Bruland, Kenneth W ^b   Hutchins, David A ^c   Brzezinski, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Eastern tropical Pacific; Iron limitation; Nutrient uptake kinetics; Southern Ocean; Zinc limitation

Indexed keywords

IRON; NITRATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILICIC ACID; ZINC;

(TROPICAL EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0038519737     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps252015     Document Type: Article

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