Nitrification rates, ammonium and nitrate distribution in upper layers of the water column and in sediments of the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1017-1032

  Bianchi, Micheline ^a   Feliatra, F ^a   Tréguer, Paul ^b   Vincendeau, Marie Anne ^b   Morvan, Jean ^c  

^a STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^c Inst Univ Med Travail de Rennes   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DEEP SEA SEDIMENT; NITRATE; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; SEDIMENTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN;

SOUTHERN OCEAN, INDIAN SECTOR;

EID: 0030861001     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(96)00109-9     Document Type: Article

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