Enhanced sensitivity of oceanic CO2 uptake to dust deposition by iron-light colimitation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 492-499

  Nickelsen, Levin ^a   Oschlies, Andreas ^a  

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

Author keywords

dust deposition; glacial interglacial cycles; iron light colimitation; Last Glacial Maximum; photosynthesis; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEPOSITION; DUST; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TROPICS;

CO-LIMITATION; DUST DEPOSITION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLES; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; IRON; LIGHT EFFECT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OPEN OCEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 84923376004     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062969     Document Type: Article

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