Expected and observed conditions during the SAGE iron addition experiment in Subantarctic waters

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 764-775

  Hadfield, Mark G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Iron fertilisation; New Zealand; SAGE; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SILICATES; SITE SELECTION; SURFACE WATERS; SURVEYS; WIND;

IRON FERTILISATION; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SAGE; SOUTH ISLAND , NEW ZEALAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRONT; IRON; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXED LAYER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANIC FRONT; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILICATE; SURFACE WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

CAMPBELL PLATEAU; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 79952484171     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.016     Document Type: Article

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