Inputs, losses and transformations of nitrogen and phosphorus in the pelagic North Atlantic Ocean

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 181-226

  Michaels, A F ^a   Olson, D ^b   Sarmiento, J L ^c   Ammerman, J W ^d   Fanning, K ^e   Jahnke, R ^f   Knap, A H ^a   Lipschultz, F ^a   Prospero, J M ^b  

^a BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; NUTRIENT FLUXES; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; TRANSFORMATIONS;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030301982     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02179827     Document Type: Article

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