Origin and maintenance of a high nitrate condition in the equatorial Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 4-6, 1996, Pages 1031-1064

  Chai, Fei ^a,b   Lindley, Steven T ^a,c   Barber, Richard T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH NUTRIENT ANOMALY; NITRATES; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 0030435429     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0645(96)00029-X     Document Type: Article

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