Influence of the Amazon River on dissolved and intra-cellular metal concentrations in Trichodesmium colonies along the western boundary of the sub-tropical North Atlantic Ocean

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 217-225

  Tovar Sanchez, A ^a   Sanudo Wilhelmy S A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOACTIVITY; BIOMASS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER;

AMAZON RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 79551505807     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-217-2011     Document Type: Article

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