@article{oai:repo.qst.go.jp:00043617, author = {Tsuda, Atsushi and Takeda, Shigenobu and Saito, Hiroaki and Nishioka, Jun and Nojiri, Yukihiro and Kudo, Isao and Kiyosawa, Hiroshi and Shiomoto, Akihiro and Imai, Keir and Ono, Tsuneo and Shimamoto, Akifumi and Tsumune, Daisuke and Yoshimura, Takeshi and Aono, Tatsuo and Hinuma, Akira and Kinugasa, Masatoshi and Suzuki, Koji and Sohrin, Yoshiki and Noiri, Yoshifumi and Tani, Heihachiro and Deguchi, Yuji and Tsurushima, Nobuo and Ogawa, Hiroshi and Fukami, Kimio and Kuma, Kenshi and Saino, Toshiro and 青野 辰雄}, journal = {Science}, month = {May}, note = {We have performed an in situ test of the iron limitation hypothesis in the subarctic North Pacific Ocean.A single enrichment of dissolved iron caused a large increase in phytoplankton standing stock and decreases in macronutrients and dissolved carbon dioxide.The dominant phytoplankton species shifted after the iron addition from pennate diatoms to a centric diatom,Chaetoceros debilis, that showed a very high growth rate,2.6 doublings per day.We conclude that the bioavailability of iron regulates the magnitude of the phytoplankton biomass and the key phytoplankton species that determine the biogeochemical sensitivity to iron supply of high-nitrate,low-chlorophyll waters.}, pages = {958--961}, title = {A Mesoscale Iron Enrichment in the Western Subarctic Pacific Induces a Large Centric Diatom Bloom}, volume = {300}, year = {2003} }