Radium isotopes as tracers of iron sources fueling a Southern Ocean phytoplankton bloom

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 18-20, 2007, Pages 1989-1998

  Charette, Matthew A ^a   Gonneea, Meagan E ^a   Morris, Paul J ^b   Statham, Peter ^b   Fones, Gary ^b   Planquette, Hélène ^b   Salter, Ian ^b   Garabato, Alberto Naveira ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iron; Ocean mixing; Productivity; Radium isotopes; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

IRON; OCEAN CURRENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS;

HIGH-NUTRIENT LOW-CHLOROPHYLL (HNLC); ISLAND RUNOFF; OCEAN MIXING; RADIUM ISOTOPES; SURFACE RUNOFF;

RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL; EDDY; IRON; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RADIUM ISOTOPE; TRACER; VERTICAL MIXING;

CROZET ISLANDS; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE;

EID: 35348905409     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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