Nitrogen isotope variations in the subarctic northeast Pacific: Relationships to nitrate utilization and trophic structure

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 287-314

  Wu, Jinping ^a   Calvert, S E ^a   Wong, C S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; UTILIZATION;

PACIFIC, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0031079776     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(96)00099-4     Document Type: Article

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