Particulate iron dynamics during FeCycle in subantarctic waters southeast of New Zealand

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Frew, R D ^a   Hutchins, D A ^b   Nodder, S ^c   Sanudo Wilhelmy, S ^d   Tovar Sanchez, Antonio ^e   Leblanc, K ^b   Hare, C E ^b   Boyd, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CHLOROPHYLL; DUST; IRON; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SOILS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; IRON; PARTICULATE FLUX;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 33646700556     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GB002558     Document Type: Article

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