Light rather than iron controls photosynthate production and allocation in Southern Ocean phytoplankton populations during austral autumn
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T. VAN OIJEN*, M. A. VAN LEEUWE, E. GRANUM, F. J. WEISSING, R. G. J. BELLERBY, W. W. C. GIESKES AND H. J. W. DE BAAR 1 DEPARTMENT OF MARINE BIOLOGY, CEES, UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN, PO BOX 14, 9750 AA HAREN, THE NETHERLANDS, DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL AND PLANT SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, SHEFFIELD S10 2TN, UK, THEORETICAL BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN, PO BOX 14, 9750 AA HAREN, THE NETHERLANDS, BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN, ALLÉGATEN 55, 5007 BERGEN, NORWAY AND THE ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH, PO BOX 59, 1790 AB DEN BURG, THE NETHERLANDS
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