The role of iron sources and transport for Southern Ocean productivity

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-94

  Wadley, Martin R ^a   Jickells, Timothy D ^a   Heywood, Karen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Icebergs; Iron; Model; Productivity; Sediments; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ICEBERGS; LIGHT LIMITATIONS; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRODUCTIVITY; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTS;

IRON;

CHLOROPHYLL; EUPHOTIC ZONE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICEBERG; IRON; MIXED LAYER; NUTRIENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SEA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84897854339     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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