Copper aerosols inhibit phytoplankton growth in the Mediterranean Sea

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 52, 2012, Pages 21246-21249

  Jordi, Antoni ^a   Basterretxea, Gotzon ^a   Tovar Sánchez, Antonio ^a   Alastuey, Andrés ^b   Querol, Xavier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dust; Trace metal

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COPPER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; NICKEL; SODIUM; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

AEROSOL; ALGAL GROWTH; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATIFICATION; SUMMER;

AEROSOLS; CHLOROPHYLL; COPPER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 84871843308     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1207567110     Document Type: Article

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