The biogeochemical structuring role of horizontal stirring: Lagrangian perspectives on iron delivery downstream of the Kerguelen Plateau

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 5567-5581

  D'Ovidio, F ^a   Della Penna, A ^a,b,c   Trull, T W ^d   Nencioli, F ^e   Pujol, M I ^f   Rio, M H ^f   Park, Y H ^a   Cotte C ^a   Zhou, M ^g   Blain, S ^a,h  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f CLS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^h LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DATA INTERPRETATION; GLOBAL OCEAN; IRON; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACER;

INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU;

EID: 84943149303     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-5567-2015     Document Type: Article

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