Change Date: Oct. 13, 2016, 1:53 p.m.

Term: iron_limitation_of_diatoms

Unit: 1

Unit ref: UUUU

AMIP:

GRIB:

Change Date: Oct. 13, 2016, 1:54 p.m.

Term: iron_limitation_of_diatoms

Unit: 1

Unit ref: UUUU

AMIP:

GRIB:

Phytoplankton are autotrophic prokaryotic or eukaryotic algae that live near the water surface where there is sufficient light to support photosynthesis. Diatoms are single-celled phytoplankton with an external skeleton made of silica.

Change Date: Nov. 15, 2016, 11:12 a.m.

Term: iron_growth_limitation_of_diatoms

Unit: 1

Unit ref: UUUU

AMIP:

GRIB:

Phytoplankton are autotrophic prokaryotic or eukaryotic algae that live near the water surface where there is sufficient light to support photosynthesis. Diatoms are single-celled phytoplankton with an external skeleton made of silica.

Change Date: Nov. 15, 2016, 11:13 a.m.

Term: iron_growth_limitation_of_diatoms

Unit: 1

Unit ref: UUUU

AMIP:

GRIB:

Diatoms are phytoplankton with an external skeleton made of silica. Phytoplankton are algae that grow where there is sufficient light to support photosynthesis. "Iron growth limitation" means the ratio of the growth rate of a species population in the environment (where there is a finite availability of iron) to the theoretical growth rate if there were no such limit on iron availability.