Effect of natural iron fertilization on carbon sequestration in the Southern Ocean

Nature

Volumn 446, Issue 7139, 2007, Pages 1070-1074

  Blain, Stéphane ^a   Quéguiner, Bernard ^a   Armand, Leanne ^a   Belviso, Sauveur ^b   Bombled, Bruno ^b   Bopp, Laurent ^b   Bowie, Andrew ^c,d   Brunet, Christian ^e   Brussaard, Corina ^f   Carlotti, François ^a   Christaki, Urania ^g   Corbière, Antoine ^e   Durand, Isabelle ^h   Ebersbach, Frederike ^c   Fuda, Jean Luc ^a   Garcia, Nicole ^a   Gerringa, Loes ^f   Griffiths, Brian ⁱ   Guigue, Catherine ^j   Guillerm, Christophe ^k   Jacquet, Stéphanie ^l   Jeandel, Catherine ^m   Laan, Patrick ^f   Lefèvre, Dominique ^j   Lo Monaco, Claire ^e   Malits, Andrea ⁿ   Mosseri, Julie ^a   Obernosterer, Ingrid ^e   Park, Young Hyang ^h   Picheral, Marc ⁿ   Pondaven, Philippe ^k   Remenyi, Thomas ^c   Sandroni, Valérie ^a   Sarthou, Géraldine ^k   Savoye, Nicolas ^l,o   Scouarnec, Lionel ^k   Souhaut, Marc ^m   Thuiller, Doris ^e   Timmermans, Klaas ^f   Trull, Thomas ^c,i   Uitz, Julia ⁿ   Van Beek, Pieter ^m   Veldhuis, Marcel ^f   Vincent, Dorothée ^g   Viollier, Eric ^p   Vong, Lilita ^a   Wagener, Thibaut ⁿ   more..

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^h MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

ⁱ CSIRO   (Australia)

^j CNRS   (France)

^k TECHNOPÔLE BREST IROISE   (France)

^l VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^m CNES   (France)

ⁿ LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^o UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^p INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; IRON; SURFACE WATER;

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUTROPHICATION; IRON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ADDITION REACTION; ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; MACRONUTRIENT; PLANT NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 34247567029     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05700     Document Type: Article

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