Seasonal and spatial dynamics of iron availability in the Scotia Sea

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 130-131, Issue , 2012, Pages 62-72

  Nielsdóttir, Maria C ^a   Bibby, Thomas S ^a   Moore, C Mark ^a   Hinz, Daria J ^a   Sanders, Richard ^b   Whitehouse, Michael ^c   Korb, Rebecca ^c   Achterberg, Eric P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High nutrient low chlorophyll; HNLC; Iron; Iron stress; Scotia Sea; South Georgia; South Orkney

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; IRON; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTH GEORGIA; SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84857550754     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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