Development of a robust marine ecosystem model to predict the role of iron in biogeochemical cycles: A comparison of results for iron-replete and iron-limited areas, and the SOIREE iron-enrichment experiment

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 333-366

  Fasham, M J R ^a   Flynn, K J ^b   Pondaven, P ^c   Anderson, T R ^a   Boyd, P W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbon budgets; Diatom growth; Ecosystem model; Export flux; Iron limitation; North Atlantic, Biotrans station; Nutrient cycles; Southern Ocean, Kerguelen islands time series station; Southern Ocean, SOIREE site

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; IRON; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; SILICA;

ROBUST MARINE ECOSYSTEM MODEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; IRON; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PLANKTON;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 31844454269     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2005.09.011     Document Type: Article

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