Quantifying the impact of freshwater diatom productivity on silicon isotopes and silicon fluxes: Lake Myvatn, Iceland

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 305, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 73-82

  Opfergelt, S ^a,b   Eiriksdottir, E S ^c   Burton, K W ^a   Einarsson, A ^c,d   Siebert, C ^a   Gislason, S R ^c   Halliday, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d Myvatn Research Station   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Biogenic Si dissolution; Diatom; Groundwater; Iceland; Lake Myvatn; Silicon isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC SI DISSOLUTION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CARBON CYCLES; DIATOM; ELEMENTAL ABUNDANCE; FRESHWATER DIATOMS; ICELANDS; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; LAKE WATERS; MASS BALANCE; NATURAL LABORATORIES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; NUTRIENT-RICH WATER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SI ISOTOPES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SILICON ISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES;

DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; HOT SPRINGS; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; PH EFFECTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; SILICON;

LAKES;

CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; GROWTH RATE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PH; SILICON; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ICELAND; MYVATN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 79953801786     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.02.043     Document Type: Article

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