The sensitivity of the southwest monsoon phytoplankton bloom to variations in aeolian iron deposition over the Arabian Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Wiggert, Jerry D ^a   Murtugudde, Raghu G ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; ECOSYSTEMS; IRON DEPOSITS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALGAL BLOOM; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; EOLIAN PROCESS; EUPHOTIC ZONE; IRON; MONSOON; NITROGEN FIXATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 41049115054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003514     Document Type: Article

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