Low nitrate: Phosphate ratios in the global ocean

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6635, 1997, Pages 793-796

  Tyrrell, T ^a   Law, C S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL OCEAN; NITRATE:PHOSPHATE RATIOS; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES;

EID: 0030618764     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/42915     Document Type: Article

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