Critical space scales for aggregation-mediated carbon export from ocean fertilization

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2003, Pages

  Waite, Anya M ^a   Johnson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CARBON; MARINE BIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; IRON; PHYTOPLANKTON;

PHYTOPLANKTONS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CRITICAL CONCENTRATION; FERTILIZATION EXPERIMENT; NON-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; OCEAN FERTILIZATION; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; TURBULENT DIFFUSION;

GEOPHYSICS; AGGLOMERATION;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IRON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER;

EID: 0141737804     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL016997     Document Type: Article

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