Bottom-up versus top-down control in phytoplankton of the Southern Ocean

Antarctic Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 531-539

  Smith Jr , Walker O ^a   Lancelot, Christiane ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Functional group; HNLC systems; Iron; Irradiance; Regulation

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; IRON; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLAR REGION;

OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WORLD;

ALGAE;

EID: 10944274204     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102004002305     Document Type: Article

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