Natural activities of 32P and 33P and the 33P/32P ratio in suspended particulate matter and plankton in the Sargasso Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 421-436

  Waser, Nathalie A D ^a,c   Bacon, Michael P ^a   Michaels, Anthony F ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEBS; ISOTOPE RATIOS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS;

SARGASSO SEA;

EID: 0029751341     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0645(95)00092-5     Document Type: Article

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