Causes and biogeochemical implications of regional differences in silicification of marine diatoms

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Baines, Stephen B ^a   Twining, Benjamin S ^b   Brzezinski, Mark A ^c   Nelson, David M ^d   Fisher, Nicholas S ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID WATERS; ANTARCTIC ZONE; BIOGENIC SILICA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; IN-CELL; MARINE DIATOMS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT ELEMENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; SILICA SHELL; SILICIC ACIDS; SINKING PARTICLES; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE AREA; TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES; VOLUME RATIO; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILICA; SILICON; STOICHIOMETRY;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SHELL; SILICIFICATION; STOICHIOMETRY; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; NITZSCHIA ALBA;

EID: 78650869971     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GB003856     Document Type: Article

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