Deep carbon export from a Southern Ocean iron-fertilized diatom bloom

Nature

Volumn 487, Issue 7407, 2012, Pages 313-319

  Smetacek, Victor ^a,b   Klaas, Christine ^a   Strass, Volker H ^a   Assmy, Philipp ^a,c   Montresor, Marina ^d   Cisewski, Boris ^a,e   Savoye, Nicolas ^f,g   Webb, Adrian ^h   D'Ovidio, Francesco ⁱ   Arrieta, Jesãs M ^j,k   Bathmann, Ulrich ^a,l   Bellerby, Richard ^m,n   Berg, Gry Mine ^o   Croot, Peter ^p,q   Gonzalez, Santiago ^j   Henjes, Joachim ^a,r   Herndl, Gerhard J ^j,s   Hoffmann, Linn J ^p   Leach, Harry ^t   Losch, Martin ^a   Mills, Matthew M ^o   Neill, Craig ^m,u   Peeken, Ilka ^a,v   Röttgers, Rüdiger ^w   Sachs, Oliver ^a,x   Sauter, Eberhard ^a   Schmidt, Maike M ^y   Schwarz, Jill ^a,z   Terbrüggen, Anja ^a   Wolf Gladrow, Dieter ^a   more..

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^e INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^f VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^j ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^k INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^l LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

ⁿ NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^o STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^q NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^r Phytolutions GmbH   (Germany)

^s UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^t UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^u CSIRO   (Australia)

^v UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^w INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^x Eberhard and Partner AG   (Switzerland)

^y UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^z UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; IRON; SILICATE;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DIATOM; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); IRON; SEAFLOOR; TIMESCALE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; DEEP SEA; DIATOM; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DIATOMS; IRON; OCEANS AND SEAS; TIME FACTORS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84863971035     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11229     Document Type: Article

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