Diatom traits regulate Southern Ocean silica leakage

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 51, 2013, Pages 20358-20359

  Boyd, Philip W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITRATE; NITROGEN; SILICIC ACID; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DIATOM; GEOMETRY; LONGEVITY; NOTE; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 84890831647     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1320327110     Document Type: Note

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