Effects of dust deposition and river discharges on trace metal composition of Trichodesmium spp. in the tropical and subtropical North Atlantic Ocean

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1755-1761

  Tovar Sanchez, Antonio ^a   Sañudo Wilhelmy, Sergio A ^b   Kustka, Adam B ^c   Agustí, Susana ^a   Dachs, Jordi ^d   Hutchins, David A ^e   Capone, Douglas G ^f   Duarte, Carlos M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; DEPOSITION; DUST; RIVER DISCHARGE; SAMPLING; TRACE METAL;

AFRICA; AMAZON RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NIGER RIVER; SAHARA; SOUTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 33746887034     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.4.1755     Document Type: Article

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