Seasonal variation in the stable carbon and nitrogen isotope biogeochemistry of a coastal cold ocean environment

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 2929-2942

  Ostrom, Nathaniel E ^a   Macko, Stephen A ^b   Deibel, Don ^c   Thompson, Raymond J ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; COASTAL WATERS; COLD WATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CANADA, NEWFOUNDLAND, CONCEPTION BAY;

EID: 0031448910     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00131-2     Document Type: Article

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