Early season depletion of dissolved iron in the Ross Sea polynya: Implications for iron dynamics on the Antarctic continental shelf

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Sedwick, P N ^a   Marsay, C M ^b   Sohst, B M ^a   Aguilar Islas, A M ^c   Lohan, M C ^d   Long, M C ^e,f   Arrigo, K R ^e   Dunbar, R B ^e   Saito, M A ^g   Smith, W O ^h   Ditullio, G R ⁱ  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^g WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^h VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SEA ICE; SURFACE WATERS;

AUSTRAL SPRING; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; BIOMASS ACCUMULATION; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DISSOLVED IRON; FIELD STUDIES; GROWING SEASON; HIGH RATE; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; ROSS SEA; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

IRON;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED MATTER; GROWTH RATE; IRON; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYNYA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONALITY; SURFACE WATER; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 80055042910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006553     Document Type: Article

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