How deep is deep enough? Ocean iron fertilization and carbon sequestration in the Southern Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2489-2495

  Robinson, J ^a,b   Popova, E E ^b   Yool, A ^b   Srokosz, M ^b   Lampitt, R S ^b   Blundell, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deep circulation; Lagrangian particle tracking; ocean iron fertilization; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; IRON; OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; IRON FERTILIZATION; LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE TRACKING; PHYTOPLANKTON PRODUCTIVITY; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CARBON;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEEP SEA; EKMAN PUMPING; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; IRON; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER MASS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84899037180     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058799     Document Type: Article

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