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Ice sheets as a missing source of silica to the polar oceans

Ice sheets play a more important role in the global silicon cycle than previously appreciated. Input of dissolved and amorphous particulate silica into natural waters stimulates the growth of diatoms. Here we measure dissolved and amorphous silica in Greenland Ice Sheet meltwaters and icebergs, demo...

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Autores principales: Hawkings, Jon R., Wadham, Jemma L., Benning, Liane G., Hendry, Katharine R., Tranter, Martyn, Tedstone, Andrew, Nienow, Peter, Raiswell, Rob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5288494/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28120824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14198