Description of the biogeochemical features of the subtropical southeastern Atlantic and the Southern Ocean south of South Africa during the austral summer of the International Polar Year

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 281-295

  Le Moigne, F A C ^a,c   Boye, M ^a   Masson, A ^a   Corvaisier, R ^a   Grossteffan, E ^b   Gueneugues A ^a   Pondaven, P ^a  

^a Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CONFLUENCE; DIATOM; ICE DRIFT; ICEBERG; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; PARTICULATE INORGANIC MATTER; PIGMENT; POLAR FRONT; SILICA; SUMMER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL); SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84873804876     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-281-2013     Document Type: Article

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