Isotopic composition of nitrate in the central Arabian Sea and eastern tropical North Pacific: A tracer for mixing and nitrogen cycles

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1680-1689

  Brandes, Jay A ^a   Devol, Allan H ^b   Yoshinari, T ^c   Jayakumar, D A ^d   Naqvi, S W A ^d  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; DENITRIFICATION; DIFFUSION; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIXING; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; TRACER;

(TROPICAL NORTHEAST); ARABIAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0031773032     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.7.1680     Document Type: Article

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