Winter-time dissolved iron and nutrient distributions in the Subantarctic Zone from 40-52S; 155-160E

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Ellwood, Michael J ^a   Boyd, Philip W ^b   Sutton, Philip ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION; NITRATES;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; DATA SETS; DISSOLVED IRON; NUTRIENT DISTRIBUTIONS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON PRODUCTIVITY; SUBANTARCTIC ZONE;

IRON;

ADVECTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; EKMAN LAYER; IRON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; WINTER;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 49849103121     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033699     Document Type: Article

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