Nitrogen fixation within a tropical upwelling ecosystem: Evidence for a Redfield budget of carbon/nitrogen cycling by the total phytoplankton community

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C9, 1996, Pages 20607-20616

  Walsh, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; REDFIELD RATIOS; TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS; UPWELLING;

CARIBBEAN SEA, VENEZUELAN SHELF; PACIFIC, PERUVIAN SHELF;

EID: 0030423819     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC01877     Document Type: Article

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