Aerosol-nutrient-induced picoplankton growth in Lake Tahoe

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1054-1067

  Mackey, Katherine R M ^a,b   Hunter, Deborah ^c   Fischer, Emily V ^d   Jiang, Yilun ^a,e   Allen, Brant ^c   Chen, Ying ^a,e   Liston, Anne ^c   Reuter, John ^c   Schladow, Geoff ^c   Paytan, Adina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

atmospheric deposition; nutrient; picoplankton; primary productivity

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHICATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS; PICOPLANKTON; REDFIELD RATIO; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

LAKE TAHOE; UNITED STATES;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84886695214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrg.20084     Document Type: Article

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