Does iron fertilization lead to rapid carbon export in the Southern Ocean?

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2000, Pages

  Charette, Matthew A ^a   Buesseler, Ken O ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron hypothesis; particle export; Southern Ocean; thorium 234, HNLC

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; METABOLISM; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; THORIUM;

IRON FERTILIZATION; IRON HYPOTHESIS; NATURAL TRACERS; PARTICLE AGGREGATION; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; SINKING PARTICLES; SOUTHERN OCEAN; THORIUM-234;

IRON;

EID: 80052756282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GC000069     Document Type: Article

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