Luxury uptake of aerosol iron by Trichodesmium in the western tropical North Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Chen, Ying ^a   Tovar Sanchez, Antonio ^b   Siefert, Ronald L ^c   Sañudo Wilhelmy, Sergio A ^d   Zhuang, Guoshun ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; LEACHING; SEAWATER; TRACE ELEMENTS;

HIGH CAPACITY; LUXURY UPTAKE; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH ATLANTIC; TRICHODESMIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DUST; GROWTH RATE; LEACHING; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEAWATER; TRACE ELEMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORTH AFRICA;

CYANOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 80053002731     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048972     Document Type: Article

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