Chemical composition of dissolved organic nitrogen in the ocean

Nature

Volumn 390, Issue 6656, 1997, Pages 150-154

  McCarthy, Matthew ^a   Pratum, Tom ^b   Hedges, John ^a   Benner, Ronald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE; AMINO ACID; CARBON; CARBON 13; CARBON 14; DNA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; RNA; SEA WATER; UREA;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENTS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 0030662463     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/36535     Document Type: Article

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