The integral role of iron in ocean biogeochemistry

Nature

Volumn 543, Issue 7643, 2017, Pages 51-59

  Tagliabue, Alessandro ^a   Bowie, Andrew R ^b   Boyd, Philip W ^b   Buck, Kristen N ^c   Johnson, Kenneth S ^d   Saito, Mak A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; IRON; NITROGEN; SEA WATER; TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; IRON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN CYCLE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACE METAL;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; IRON CYCLE; IRON METABOLISM; LATITUDE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA; AQUATIC SPECIES; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CARBON CYCLE; IRON; NITROGEN CYCLE; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 85014543868     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature21058     Document Type: Review

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