Intensive mixing along an island chain controls oceanic biogeochemical cycles

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 920-929

  Nishioka, Jun ^a   Nakatsuka, Takeshi ^b   Watanabe, Yutaka W ^a   Yasuda, Ichiro ^c   Kuma, Kenshi ^a   Ogawa, Hiroshi ^c   Ebuchi, Naoto ^a   Scherbinin, Alexey ^d   Volkov, Yuri N ^d   Shiraiwa, Takayuki ^a,e   Wakatsuchi, Masaaki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Far Eastern Regional Hydrometeorological Research Institute   (Russian Federation)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

biogeochemical cycle; IPY GEOTRACES; iron; islands chain mixing; subarctic North Pacific

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHAINS; ECOLOGY; IRON; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATERWORKS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHAIN MIXING; INTERMEDIATE WATERS; IPY-GEOTRACES; NORTH PACIFIC; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

MIXING;

EID: 84883734616     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gbc.20088     Document Type: Article

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