Iron deficiency in micro-sized diatoms in the Oyashio region of the Western subarctic Pacific during spring

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-115

  Hattori Saito, Ai ^a   Nishioka, Jun ^a   Ono, Tsuneo ^b   McKay, R Michael L ^c   Suzuki, Koji ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatom; Fe stress; Ferredoxin; Flavodoxin; Oyashio; Spring bloom

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIATOM; IMMUNOASSAY; IRON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROTEIN; SPRING (SEASON); VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

OYASHIO REGION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBARCTIC);

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; FRAGILARIOPSIS; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 77749280216     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-010-0009-9     Document Type: Article

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