Air pollution–aerosol interactions produce more bioavailable iron for ocean ecosystems

Science Advances

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Li, Weijun ^a   Xu, Liang ^a   Liu, Xiaohuan ^b   Zhang, Jianchao ^c   Lin, Yangting ^c   Yao, Xiaohong ^b   Gao, Huiwang ^b   Zhang, Daizhou ^d   Chen, Jianmin ^a,e   Wang, Wenxing ^a   Harrison, Roy M ^f,g   Zhang, Xiaoye ^h   Shao, Longyi ⁱ   Fu, Pingqing ^j   Nenes, Athanasios ^k,l,m,n   Shi, Zongbo ^f  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^h STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

ⁱ CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^j INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^k GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^m INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

ⁿ NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COAL COMBUSTION; COATINGS; IRON; IRON OXIDES; POLLUTION; STEELMAKING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; IRON DISSOLUTION; NATURAL EMISSIONS; OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS; SINGLE PARTICLE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85018920617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601749     Document Type: Article

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