Iron and phosphorus co-limit nitrogen fixation in the eastern tropical North Atlantic

Nature

Volumn 429, Issue 6989, 2004, Pages 292-294

  Mills, Matthew M ^a   Ridame, Celine ^a   Davey, Margaret ^b,c   La Roche, Julie ^a   Geider, Richard J ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CHLOROPHYLL; IRON; PHOSPHORUS;

FERTILIZATION; GEOLOGICAL TIMESCALE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

AMMONIA; CHLOROPHYLL; IRON; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; CARBON DIOXIDE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER;

IRON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; DUST; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; SHIP; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIA; DUST; IRON; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEAWATER; SHIPS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 2442691728     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02550     Document Type: Article

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