Silicate:nitrate ratios of upwelled waters control the phytoplankton community sustained by mesoscale eddies in sub-tropical North Atlantic and Pacific

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 657-666

  Bibby, T S ^a   Moore, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; GYRE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MESOSCALE EDDY; NITRATE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILICATE; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; PACIFIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79952670894     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-657-2011     Document Type: Article

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