Oceanic distribution of inorganic germanium relative to silicon: Germanium discrimination by diatoms

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Sutton, Jill ^a   Ellwood, Michael J ^a   Maher, William A ^b   Croot, Peter L ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOX MODELS; DATA SETS; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; FRACTIONATION PROCESS; GERMANIUM CONCENTRATION; GLOBAL OCEAN; MICHAELIS-MENTEN; MODEL OUTPUTS; SEAWATER SAMPLES; SILICON CONCENTRATION; SOLID-PHASE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; UPTAKE KINETICS; UPTAKE SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATERS;

GERMANIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIATOM; GERMANIUM; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MODEL TEST; SAMPLING; SILICON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 77954317259     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GB003689     Document Type: Article

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