Environmental controls on N 2 fixation by Trichodesmium in the tropical eastern North Atlantic Ocean-A model-based study

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 64, Issue , 2012, Pages 104-117

  Ye, Ying ^a   Völker, Christoph ^a   Bracher, Astrid ^a,b   Taylor, Bettina ^a   Wolf Gladrow, Dieter A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diazotroph; Dust deposition; Iron; Model

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PATTERN; DIAZOTROPH; DIAZOTROPHIC GROWTH; DUST DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; HIGH FLUX; NORTH ATLANTIC; ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICAL MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON ABUNDANCES; REACTIVE NITROGEN; SPRING BLOOMS; SURFACE NITRATES; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TRICHODESMIUM; WATER COLUMNS;

DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRON; MODELS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISSOLVED INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; IRON; LIGHT EFFECT; LIMITING FACTOR; NITRATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); CAPE VERDE;

CYANOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 84859635278     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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