The annual silica cycle of the North Pacific subtropical gyre

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 988-1001

  Brzezinski, Mark A ^a   Krause, Jeffrey W ^a   Church, Matthew J ^b   Karl, David M ^b   Li, Binglin ^b   Jones, Janice L ^a   Updyke, Brett ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Export; North Pacific subtropical gyre; Si limitation; Silica production

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DUST; AUTOTROPHIC BIOMASS; BIOGENIC SILICA; CARBON CYCLING; DIATOMS; DISSOLVED IRON; DUST DEPOSITION; EUPHOTIC ZONE; EXPORT; EXPORT PRODUCTION; ISOTHERMAL SURFACES; LONG-TERM TREND; MAXIMUM VALUES; MESOSCALE FEATURES; NEAR-SURFACE; NORTH PACIFIC; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; PRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS; RECYCLING EFFICIENCY; SEA-SURFACE HEIGHT ANOMALIES; SEASONAL TRENDS; SILICA CONCENTRATIONS; SILICA CYCLE; SILICA CYCLING; SILICA PRODUCTION; SILICIC ACIDS; SUBTROPICAL GYRE;

BIOMASS; BLOOMS (METAL); DUST; MAMMALS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; RECYCLING; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

SILICA;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; AUTOTROPHY; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIATOM; DUST; ESTIMATION METHOD; EUPHOTIC ZONE; GYRE; ISOTHERM; MAGNITUDE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OPEN OCEAN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SILICA; SILICIC ACID; SURFACE WATER; TIME SERIES;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 80052097977     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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