The effects of natural iron fertilisation on deep-sea ecology: The Crozet Plateau, southern Indian ocean

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Wolff, George A ^a   Billett, David S M ^b   Bett, Brian J ^b   Holtvoeth, Jens ^a   FitzGeorge Balfour, Tania ^b,d   Fisher, Elizabeth H ^a   Cross, Ian ^b   Shannon, Roger ^b   Salter, Ian ^b,e   Boorman, Ben ^b   King, Nicola J ^c   Jamieson, Alan ^c   Chaillan, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; FATTY ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; CARBON; FERTILIZER; IRON; LIPID; NITROGEN; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FAUNA; INDIAN OCEAN; LIPID TRANSPORT; NATURAL IRON FERTILISATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION DENSITY; SEDIMENT; SPECIES COMPOSITION; WATER TREATMENT; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY; FERTILIZERS; INDIAN OCEAN; IRON; LIPIDS; NITROGEN; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79958827905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020697     Document Type: Article

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