Iron stable isotopes track pelagic iron cycling during a subtropical phytoplankton bloom

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2015, Pages E15-E20

  Ellwood, Michael J ^a   Hutchins, David A ^b   Lohan, Maeve C ^c   Milne, Angela ^c   Nasemann, Philipp ^d   Nodder, Scott D ^e   Sander, Sylvia G ^d   Strzepek, Robert ^a   Wilhelm, Steven W ^f   Boyd, Philip W ^d,g  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

GEOTRACES; Iron isotopes; Marine biogeochemical cycles; Phytoplankton blooms; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

IRON; SEA WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; CHLOROPHYLL; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BIOMASS; COMPLEX FORMATION; DISSOLUTION; FRACTIONATION; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOTOPE LABELING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM; IRON; IRON ISOTOPES; ISOTOPE LABELING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84920371088     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1421576112     Document Type: Article

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