The distribution of dissolved iron in the West Atlantic Ocean

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Rijkenberg, Micha J A ^a   Middag, Rob ^a,b   Laan, Patrick ^a   Gerringa, Loes J A ^a   Van Aken, Hendrik M ^a   Schoemann, Véronique ^a   De Jong, Jeroen T M ^a   De Baar, Hein J W ^a,c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYDROGRAPHY; IRON TRANSPORT; NITROGEN FIXATION; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRON;

EID: 84903625402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101323     Document Type: Article

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