Iron distributions in the water column of the Japan Basin and Yamato Basin (Japan Sea)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Fujita, Satoshi ^a   Kuma, Kenshi ^a   Ishikawa, Satoko ^a   Nishimura, Shotaroh ^a   Nakayama, Yuta ^a   Ushizaka, Satomi ^a   Isoda, Yutaka ^a   Otosaka, Shigeyoshi ^b   Aramaki, Takafumi ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; NUTRIENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BOTTOM WATER; BOTTOM-WATER CIRCULATION; DEEP WATER; HIGHER T; IRON DISTRIBUTION; JAPAN SEA; LATERAL TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL DECOMPOSITION; NORTH PACIFIC; ORGANIC MATTER; SURFACE DEPLETION; WATER COLUMNS; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

WATER INJECTION;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BOTTOM WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IRON; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; YAMATO BASIN;

EID: 78650020366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006123     Document Type: Article

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