Seasonal evolution of net and regenerated silica production around a natural Fe-fertilized area in the Southern Ocean estimated with Si isotopic approaches

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 5827-5846

  Closset, I ^a   Lasbleiz, M ^b   Leblanc, K ^b   Queguiner B ^b   Cavagna, A J ^c   Elskens, M ^c   Navez, J ^d   Cardinal, D ^a,d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOGENIC MINERAL; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; DIATOM; IRON; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMINERALIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILICA; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU;

EID: 84908204616     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-5827-2014     Document Type: Article

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