Seabirds and marine mammals redistribute bioavailable iron in the Southern Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 510, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-13

  Wing, S R ^a   Jack, L ^a   Shatova, O ^a   Leichter, J J ^b   Barr, D ^a   Frew, R D ^a   Gault Ringold, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological vector; Fe; Micronutrient; Primary productivity; Sub Antarctic; Trophic position

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; BREEDING SEASON; DIET; FECES; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GUANO; IRON; MARINE MAMMAL; MIXED LAYER; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEABIRD;

AUCKLAND ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84907044891     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: 16161599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10923     Document Type: Article

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