Impacts of light shading and nutrient enrichment geo-engineering approaches on the productivity of a stratified, oligotrophic ocean ecosystem

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 89, 2013, Pages

  Hardman Mountford, Nick J ^b   Polimene, Luca ^a   Hirata, Takafumi ^c   Brewin, Robert J W ^a,d   Aiken, Jim ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Carbon dioxide removal; Plankton modelling; Solar radiation management; South Atlantic Ocean; Subtropical gyre

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; MARINE BIOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RECYCLING; SUN;

CARBON CYCLES; CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL; RADIATION MANAGEMENT; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SUBTROPICAL GYRE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CHLOROPHYLL; ORGANIC CARBON; WATER;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGINEERING; GEOENGINEERING; INORGANIC NUTRIENT; LIGHT; MACRONUTRIENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLIC BALANCE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; SOLAR RADIATION; ZOOPLANKTON; AQUATIC SPECIES; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; RADIATION RESPONSE; SEA; THEORETICAL MODEL; CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL; PLANKTON MODELLING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR RADIATION MANAGEMENT; SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; SUBTROPICAL GYRE;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GLOBAL WARMING; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLANKTON;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL; PLANKTON MODELLING; SOLAR RADIATION MANAGEMENT; SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; SUBTROPICAL GYRE;

EID: 84899780810     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0701     Document Type: Article

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