Silica : cycling in the Southern Ocean & atmospheric inputs to the global ocean
Diatoms are key primary producers and therefore make an important contribution to carbon export. These phytoplankton utilise dissolved silica (DSi), sourced from riverine, atmospheric, sedimentary and hydrothermal inputs, and convert it to biogenic silica (bSiO₂). Some of this bSiO₂ dissolves in the...
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University of East Anglia
2008
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.501824 |