Role of biogenic silica in the removal of iron from the Antarctic seas

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ingall, Ellery D ^a   Diaz, Julia M ^a,f   Longo, Amelia F ^a   Oakes, Michelle ^a,g   Finney, Lydia ^b   Vogt, Stefan ^b   Lai, Barry ^b   Yager, Patricia L ^c   Twining, Benjamin S ^d   Brandes, Jay A ^e  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^e SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^f WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^g U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC SILICA; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; SILICATE; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SILICON;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGENIC MINERAL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; IRON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SILICA;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; SEA; SPECTROMETRY;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; IRON; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84912091604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2981     Document Type: Article

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