Phytoplankton processes during a mesoscale iron enrichment in the NE subarctic Pacific: Part II-Nutrient utilization

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 20-22, 2006, Pages 2114-2130

  Marchetti, Adrian ^a   Juneau, Philippe ^b   Whitney, Frank A ^c   Wong, Chi Shing ^c   Harrison, Paul J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

NE subarctic Pacific; New production; Nitrate uptake; Nutrient ratios; SERIES Fe enrichment; Size fractionated

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; IRON; PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; SEAWATER;

MACRONUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT UTILIZATION; PHYTOPLANKTON;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

IRON; NITRATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT USE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILICON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBARCTIC);

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33751198313     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.05.031     Document Type: Article

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