Responses of microplankton community structure to iron addition in the Scotia Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 59-60, Issue , 2012, Pages 36-46

  Hinz, D J ^a   Nielsdottir M C ^a   Korb, R E ^b   Whitehouse, M J ^b   Poulton, A J ^c   Moore, C M ^a   Achterberg, E P ^a   Bibby, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Limiting factors; Physiology; Phytoplankton; Scotia Sea; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

AUSTRAL SPRING; CARBON EXPORT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DIATOMS; FE ADDITIONS; GRAZING PRESSURE; HIGH NUTRIENT LOW CHLOROPHYLLS; HOT SPOT; IN-SITU; LIMITING FACTORS; MICROPLANKTONS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; NATURAL IRON; PHYSIOLOGICAL STATUS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; PHYTOPLANKTON PRODUCTIVITY; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA SPP; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTH GEORGIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

ALGAE CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

BIOASSAY;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; FLUOROMETRY; IRON; LIMITING FACTOR; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROPLANKTON; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA;

EID: 84855980139     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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