Introduction to project DUNE, a DUst experiment in a low nutrient, low chlorophyll ecosystem

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 425-442

  Guieu, C ^a,b   Dulac, F ^c,d   Ridame, C ^b,e   Pondaven, P ^f,g  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^g TECHNOPÔLE BREST IROISE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; ERODIBILITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; HETEROTROPHY; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT TRAP; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE WATER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84893264963     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-425-2014     Document Type: Article

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