Comparison of size-dependent carbon, nitrate, and silicic acid uptake rates in high- and low-iron waters

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 825-838

  Franck, Valerie M ^a,c   Smith, Geoffrey J ^b   Bruland, Kenneth W ^b   Brzezinski, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA; HUMBOLDT CURRENT; MONTEREY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20044391063     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2005.50.3.0825     Document Type: Article

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