Side effects and accounting aspects of hypothetical large-scale Southern Ocean iron fertilization

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4014-4035

  Oschlies, A ^a   Koeve, W ^a   Rickels, W ^b   Rehdanz, K ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GROWTH RATE; IRON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SURFACE WATER;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 77956986364     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-4017-2010     Document Type: Article

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