Saharan dust and phosphatic fidelity: A three-dimensional biogeochemical model of Trichodesmium as a nutrient source for red tides on the West Florida Shelf

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1091-1115

  Lenes, J M ^a   Darrow, B A ^a   Walsh, J J ^a   Prospero, J M ^b   He, R ^c   Weisberg, R H ^a   Vargo, G A ^a   Heil, C A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of Mexico; Iron; Mineral dust; Modeling; Nitrogen fixation; Phosphorus; Red tide; Trichodesmium; USA; West Florida Shelf

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; IRON; MIOCENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; RED TIDE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WET DEPOSITION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; WEST FLORIDA SHELF;

KARENIA BREVIS; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 43049175016     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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