Phytoplankton dynamics during an in situ iron enrichment experiment (EisenEx) in the Southern Ocean: A comparative study of field and bottle incubation measurements

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-208

  Veldhuis, Marcel J W ^a   Timmermans, Klaas R ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EisenEx; Iron; Phytoplankton; Viability

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 36849091900     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame047191     Document Type: Article

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