Evaluation of 32Si as a tracer for measuring silica production rates in marine waters

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 5 I, 1997, Pages 856-865

  Brzezinski, Mark A ^a   Phillips, Dennis R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE; PHOSPHORUS; RADIOISOTOPE; SILICA; SILICON ISOTOPE;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; USA;

EID: 0031395491     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.5.0856     Document Type: Article

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