The nitrogen isotopic composition of nitrate in the Kuroshio water northeast of Taiwan: Evidence for nitrogen fixation as a source of isotopically light nitrate

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 273-292

  Liu, Kon Kee ^a,b   Su, Mei Jwen ^a   Hsueh, Chen Ru ^a   Gong, Gwo Ching ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

East China Sea; Kuroshio; nitrate; nitrogen fixation; nitrogen isotopes; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITRATES; NITROGEN FIXATION;

PACIFIC, KUROSHIO REGION;

EID: 0030273763     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4203(96)00034-5     Document Type: Article

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