Chemical speciation of iron in Antarctic waters surrounding free-drifting icebergs

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 128-129, Issue , 2012, Pages 81-91

  Lin, Hai ^a   Twining, Benjamin S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Fe(II); Iron complexation; Scotia Sea; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ICE DRIFT; ICEBERG; IRON; LIGAND; PLANKTON; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WATER DEPTH;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 84855836665     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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