Large clean mesocosms and simulated dust deposition: A new methodology to investigate responses of marine oligotrophic ecosystems to atmospheric inputs

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2765-2784

  Guieu, C ^a,b   Dulac, F ^c,d   Desboeufs, K ^d   Wagener, T ^a,k   Pulido Villena, E ^a,b   Grisoni, J M ^e   Louis, F ^a,b   Ridame, C ^f   Blain, S ^b,g   Brunet, C ^h   Bon Nguyen, E ^d   Tran, S ^d   Labiadh, M ⁱ   Dominici, J M ^j  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^g LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^h STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

ⁱ INSTITUT DES RÉGIONS ARIDES   (Tunisia)

^j Parc Naturel Régional Corse   (France)

^k AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL; CLOUD WATER; DATA SET; DUST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MESOCOSM; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; PERTURBATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77956951104     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-2765-2010     Document Type: Article

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