The southern ocean biological response to aeolian iron deposition

Science

Volumn 317, Issue 5841, 2007, Pages 1067-1070

  Cassar, Nicolas ^a   Bender, Michael L ^a   Barnett, Bruce A ^a   Fan, Songmiao ^b   Moxim, Walter J ^b   Levy II, Hiram ^b   Tilbrook, Bronte ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; ORGANIC MATTER;

AEROSOL; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; IRON; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

ATMOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEM; IRON; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WIND;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 34548242284     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1144602     Document Type: Article

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