Dissolved inorganic phosphorus, dissolved iron, and Trichodesmium in the oligotrophic South China Sea

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Wu, Jingfeng ^a   Chung, Shi Wei ^b   Wen, Liang Saw ^b   Liu, Kon Kee ^b   Chen, Yuh ling Lee ^c   Chen, Houng Yung ^c   Karl, David M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b National Development Council   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron distribution; Nitrogen fixation; Nutrient cycles; Phosphate and nitrogen; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; IRON; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 0038674996     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gb001924     Document Type: Article

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