A carbon budget for a naturally iron fertilized bloom in the Southern Ocean

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Morris, Paul J ^a,b   Sanders, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; CONTROL REGION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; EXPORT RATE; IRON RELEASE; NATURAL SOURCES; NEW PRODUCTION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SOUTHERN OCEAN; UPPER OCEAN;

BLOOMS (METAL); BUDGET CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL; ESTIMATION; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON;

IRON;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON BUDGET; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; IRON; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SILICON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBANTARCTIC REGION;

CROZET ISLANDS; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 79960263991     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GB003780     Document Type: Article

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