Influences of initial plankton biomass and mixed-layer depths on the outcome of iron-fertilization experiments

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 2936-2947

  Fujii, M ^a   Chai, F ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatom bloom; Grazing; Initial plankton biomass; Iron enrichment experiments; Mixed layer depth; Modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL RESPONSE; BIOMASS YIELD; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EXPORT PRODUCTION; GRAZING PRESSURE; IN-SITU; IRON-ENRICHMENT; IRON-FERTILIZATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MESOZOOPLANKTON; MIXED LAYER; MODEL RESULTS; MODELING STUDIES; NET COMMUNITY PRODUCTIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; PLANKTON BIOMASS; SUBARCTIC PACIFIC IRON EXPERIMENT; SURFACE CHLOROPHYLL; VERTICAL MIXING;

ALGAE CONTROL; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; IRON ANALYSIS; OCEAN HABITATS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EXPERIMENTS;

CHLOROPHYLL; DIATOM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAZING PRESSURE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIXED LAYER; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 70749160999     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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