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Phytoplankton bloom on iron rations

Nature volume 383, pages 475–476 (1996)Cite this article

An iron-enrichment experiment in the equatorial Pacific Ocean shows that increased availability of this trace nutrient induces dramatic biological and biogeochemical changes in the surface waters.

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