Silicon uptake and supply during a Southern Ocean iron fertilization experiment (EIFEX) tracked by Si isotopes

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 147-160

  Cavagna, A J ^a   Fripiat, F ^b,c   Dehairs, F ^a   Wolf Gladrow, D ^d   Cisewski, B ^d   Savoye, N ^a,e   Andre L ^b   Cardinal, D ^b,f  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOGENIC MINERAL; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DIATOM; DIFFUSIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; SILICON; SURFACE WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 78651404433     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.1.0147     Document Type: Article

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