The uptake of silica during the spring bloom in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean

A full understanding of the biogeochemical cycling of silica in the North Atlantic is hampered by a lack of estimates of silica uptake by phytoplankton. We applied the 32Si radiotracer incubation technique to determine silica uptake rates at 10 sites during the UK-(Natural Environment Research Counc...

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Main Authors: Brown, Louise (Author), Sanders, Richard (Author), Savidge, Graham (Author), Lucas, Cathy H. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2003.
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