Interactive Effects of Iron, Light and Carbon Dioxide on Phytoplankton Community Dynamics in the Ross Sea

• Main Author: Ditullio, Giacomo
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: IEDA: US Antarctic Program Data Center 2010
• Subjects: Diatom; Phytoplankton; Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems; Biology; Chemistry:Fluid; Southern Ocean; Biosphere; Oceans; Ross Sea; US Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC); Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://get.iedadata.org/metadata/iso/600036

Abstract: The objectives of this proposal are to investigate the controls on the large-scale distribution and production of the two major bloom-forming phytoplankton taxa in the Southern Ocean, diatoms and Phaeocystis Antarctica. These two groups, through their involvement in the biogeochemical cycl...