Diatom frustules show increased mechanical strength and altered valve morphology under iron limitation

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1399-1410

  Wilken, Susanne ^a,b,c   Hoffmann, Bernd ^d   Hersch, Nils ^d   Kirchgessner, Norbert ^d,e   Dieluweit, Sabine ^d   Rubner, Wolfgang ^d   Hoffmann, Linn J ^a,f   Merkel, Rudolf ^d   Peeken, Ilka ^a,g,h  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^g ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; GROWTH RATE; IRON; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SILICA; STRENGTH;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COSCINODISCUS WAILESII; FRAGILARIOPSIS KERGUELENSIS;

EID: 84858218146     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.4.1399     Document Type: Article

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