Assessing the role of dust deposition on phytoplankton ecophysiology and succession in a low-nutrient low-chlorophyll ecosystem: A mesocosm experiment in the mediterranean sea

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2973-2991

  Giovagnetti, V ^a   Brunet, C ^a   Conversano, F ^a   Tramontano, F ^a   Obernosterer, I ^b,c   Ridame, C ^d   Guieu, C ^b,e  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DUST; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; MESOCOSM; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUCCESSION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84877847257     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-2973-2013     Document Type: Article

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