Mapping phytoplankton iron utilization: Insights into Southern Ocean supply mechanisms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Boyd, P W ^a,b   Arrigo, K R ^c   Strzepek, R ^a   Van Dijken, G L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; IRON; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING;

DATA SETS; DUST DEPOSITION; HIGH PRODUCTIVITY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; IRON UTILIZATION; MOLAR RATIO; MULTIPLE SUPPLIES; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; POLAR WATERS; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL TRENDS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; DATA SET; DUST; IRON; MAPPING METHOD; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PATAGONIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84862297338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007726     Document Type: Article

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