Effect of iron enrichment on the dynamics of transparent exopolymer particles in the western subarctic Pacific

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 64, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 253-261

  Ramaiah, Neelam ^a   Takeda, Shigenobu ^a   Furuya, Ken ^a   Yoshimura, Takeshi ^b   Nishioka, Jun ^b   Aono, Tatsuo ^c   Nojiri, Yukihiro ^d   Imai, Keiri ^d   Kudo, Isao ^e   Saito, Hiroaki ^f   Tsuda, Atsushi ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diatom bloom; Iron enrichment; TEP; Western subarctic Pacific

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; IRON; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLYMERS; SEDIMENTATION;

PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON (POC); PHYTOPLANKTON; TOTAL MASS FLUX; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLES (TEP);

ECOSYSTEMS;

ALGAL BLOOM; IRON; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 20944437442     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2005.02.012     Document Type: Article

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