Sequestration efficiency in the iron-limited North Atlantic: Implications for iron supply mode to fertilized blooms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 4619-4627

  Le Moigne, Frédéric A C ^a   Moore, C Mark ^b   Sanders, Richard J ^a   Villa Alfageme, Maria ^c   Steigenberger, Sebastian ^b   Achterberg, Eric P ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

carbon export; iron limitation; North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

BLOOMS (METAL); CARBON; EFFICIENCY; OCEANOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CARBON EXPORT; INTRINSIC VARIABILITIES; IRON-LIMITATION; NORTH ATLANTIC; SAMPLE COLLECTION; SUBPOLAR NORTH ATLANTIC; SUPPLY MODES; SUPPLY NEEDS;

IRON;

EID: 84903806901     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL060308     Document Type: Article

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