Controls on tropical Pacific Ocean productivity revealed through nutrient stress diagnostics

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7106, 2006, Pages 1025-1028

  Behrenfeld, Michael J ^a   Worthington, Kirby ^b   Sherrell, Robert M ^c   Chavez, Francisco P ^d   Strutton, Peter ^a   McPhaden, Michael ^e   Shea, Donald M ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH KINETICS; IRON; NITROGEN; NUTRITION;

OCEAN BASIN; OLIGOTROPHIC WATERS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYTOPLANKTONS; ZOOPLANKTON;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

AMMONIA; CHLOROPHYLL; IRON; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL; DIATOM; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; IN SITU TEST; IRON; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OCEAN BASIN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EL NINO; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MACRONUTRIENT; NUTRIENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPICS; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33748319492     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05083     Document Type: Article

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