Inputs of glacially derived dissolved and colloidal iron to the coastal ocean and implications for primary productivity

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Statham, Peter J ^a   Skidmore, Mark ^b   Tranter, Martyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRAL SUMMERS; COASTAL OCEANS; CONCENTRATION OF; CRUSTAL ROCKS; GLACIAL MELTWATERS; GLOBAL FLUXES; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEETS; HIGH NUTRIENT LOW CHLOROPHYLLS; OXIDE PHASIS; PHYTOPLANKTON PRODUCTIVITIES; POLAR WATERS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITIES; PROGLACIAL; SEA ICE MELTING; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WEATHERING PROCESS; WEIGHTED MEANS;

ABLATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENTS; CHLOROPHYLL; DEBRIS; DISSOLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; RUNOFF; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WEATHERING;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

ABLATION; BEDROCK; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENT; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL WATER; COLLOID; GLACIAL DEBRIS; GLACIAL EROSION; IRON; MELTWATER; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WEATHERING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

INSECTIVORA;

EID: 65549156396     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GB003106     Document Type: Article

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