Limitation of phytoplankton production by Si and N in the western Atlantic Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 338, Issue , 2007, Pages 33-45

  Shipe, Rebecca F ^a   Carpenter, Edward J ^b   Govil, Sarah R ^b   Capone, Douglas G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon River plume; Diatoms; Nutrient enrichment; Nutrient limitation; Primary productivity; Silicon; Tropical Atlantic Ocean

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER PLUME; SILICON;

AMAZON RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); SOUTH AMERICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 34250880967     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps338033     Document Type: Article

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