The Importance of Atmospheric Deposition for Ocean Productivity

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 481-501

  Jickells, Tim ^a   Moore, C Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deserts; Iron; Nitrogen; Nitrogen fixation; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DESERT; DISSOLUTION; DUST; IRON; NITROGEN FIXATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SURFACE WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84948973977     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-112414-054118     Document Type: Article

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