Did dilution limit the phytoplankton response to iron addition in HNLCLSi sub-Antarctic waters during the SAGE experiment?

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 786-799

  Law, C S ^a   Smith, M J ^a   Stevens, C L ^a   Abraham, E R ^a,c   Ellwood, M J ^a,d   Hill, P ^a   Nodder, S ^a   Peloquin, J ^b,e   Pickmere, S ^a   Safi, K ^a   Walkington, C M ^a  

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

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c Dragonfly   (New Zealand)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Dilution; Iron; Iron addition experiment; Phytoplankton; SF6 tracer; Silicic acid; Sub Antarctic Pacific

Indexed keywords

ALGAL GROWTH; ALGAL GROWTH RATE; CHLOROPHYLL ACCUMULATION; DATA SETS; DILUTION LIMITS; DILUTION RATE; DISSOLVED IRON; IN-SITU; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; LOSS RATIO; MESOSCALE; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; OCEAN-COLOUR; PHYSICAL FACTORS; SF6 TRACER; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; SILICIC ACIDS; SUB-ANTARCTIC PACIFIC; SURFACE AREA; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

ALGAE CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL; ESTIMATION; EXPERIMENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

DILUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; IRON; MODIS; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OCEAN COLOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DECLINE; SILICIC ACID; SURFACE WATER;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE;

EID: 79952485789     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.018     Document Type: Article

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