Why are biotic iron pools uniform across high- and low-iron pelagic ecosystems?

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1028-1043

  Boyd, P W ^a,b   Strzepek, R F ^a,c   Ellwood, M J ^c   Hutchins, D A ^d   Nodder, S D ^e   Twining, B S ^f   Wilhelm, S W ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^f BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

iron; microbes; plankton

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; DISSOLVED MATTER; IRON; MICROBIOLOGY; MONOCULTURE; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84939262996     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GB005014     Document Type: Article

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