Iron fertilization and the structure of planktonic communities in high nutrient regions of the Southern Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-54

  Quéguiner, Bernard ^a  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

Community composition; Iron; Life cycle; Limiting factors; Plankton; Southern Ocean; Trophic relationships

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ACCUMULATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LIMITING FACTORS; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; PLANKTONIC COMMUNITY; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE MIXED LAYERS; TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS;

ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; FORESTRY; IRON; LIFE CYCLE; MIXING; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; SURFACE WATERS;

NUTRIENTS;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; IRON; LIFE CYCLE; LIMITING FACTOR; MIXED LAYER; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OCEANIA ECOZONE; PLANKTON; SUCCESSION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84878019901     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.07.024     Document Type: Article

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