Iron in the Sargasso Sea (Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study region) during summer: Eolian imprint, spatiotemporal variability, and ecological implications

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Sedwick, P N ^a   Church, T M ^b   Bowie, A R ^c   Marsay, C M ^a   Ussher, S J ^d   Achilles, K M ^b,e   Lethaby, P J ^a,f   Johnson, R J ^a   Sarin, M M ^b   McGillicuddy, D J ^g  

^a BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DEPOSITION; IRON; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURFACE WATERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; IRON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 33244466794     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GB002445     Document Type: Article

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