Primary productivity and nutrient utilization ratios in the pacific sector of the Southern Ocean based on seasonal changes in seawater chemistry

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1211-1234

  Rubin, Stephany I ^a   Takahashi, Taro ^a   Chipman, David W ^a   Goddard, John G ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; SEAWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0031721388     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(98)00021-1     Document Type: Article

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