Mesoscale biogeochemical responses to iron fertilization in the upper layers of the Southern Ocean Iron Experiment areas

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hales, Burke ^a   Takahashi, Taro ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR ENTRAINMENT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ESTIMATION; EXPERIMENTS; SILICATES; WATER LEVELS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; CARBON EXPORT; CARBON UPTAKE; FRONTAL ZONES; HIGH RESOLUTION; IRON FERTILIZATION; MESOSCALE; POST-FERTILIZATION; SOUTHERN OCEAN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBSERVATIONS; UPPER LAYER; WATER SAMPLING; WIND EVENTS;

IRON;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; IRON; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PLANKTON; SALINITY; SAMPLING; SILICATE; SUBDUCTION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84863038698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC006956     Document Type: Review

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