Insights into nutrient assimilation and export in naturally iron-fertilized waters of the Southern Ocean from nitrogen, carbon and oxygen isotopes

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 5-7, 2008, Pages 820-840

  Trull, Thomas W ^a,b,c,d   Davies, Diana ^a   Casciotti, Karen ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d CNES   (France)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron fertilization; Nitrate isotopes; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN;

IRON FERTILIZATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; NITRATE ISOTOPES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; IRON; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENT TRAP; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 42749093850     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.12.035     Document Type: Article

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