Micro- and macronutrients in the southeastern Bering Sea: Insight into iron-replete and iron-depleted regimes

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-126

  Aguilar Islas, Ana M ^a   Hurst, Matthew P ^b   Buck, Kristen N ^a   Sohst, Bettina ^a   Smith, Geoffrey J ^a   Lohan, Maeve C ^c   Bruland, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissolved iron; Dissolved manganese; HNLC region; Nutrients; Regional index: USA, Alaska, southeastern Bering Sea; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENITRIFICATION; MANGANESE; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

DISSOLVED IRON; DISSOLVED MANGANESE; HNLC REGION; SURFACE TRANSECTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DENITRIFICATION; DIATOM; DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; IRON; MANGANESE; NITRATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; SHELF BREAK; VERTICAL MIXING;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN BASIN; BERING SEA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIBILOF ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 34248155301     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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