Controls on iron distributions in the deep water column of the North Pacific Ocean: Iron(III) hydroxide solubility and marine humic-type dissolved organic matter

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Kitayama, Saori ^a   Kuma, Kenshi ^a   Manabe, Eri ^a   Sugie, Koji ^a   Takata, Hyoe ^a   Isoda, Yutaka ^a   Toya, Kenji ^a   Saitoh, Sei Ichi ^a   Takagi, Shohgo ^a   Kamei, Yoshihiko ^a   Sakaoka, Keiichiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DECAY (ORGANIC); DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLUORESCENCE; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEAWATER; SOLS; SOLUBILITY; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

APPARENT OXYGEN UTILIZATIONS; DEEP WATER; DEPTH RANGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; IRON DISTRIBUTION; LINEAR CORRELATION; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; ORGANIC LIGANDS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; SOLUBILITY EQUILIBRIA; SURFACE DEPLETION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WESTERN REGION;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

DEEP WATER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROXIDE; IRON; LIGAND; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SEAWATER; SOLUBILITY; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 73949096457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004754.     Document Type: Article

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