Nitrogen isotope fractionation during the uptake and assimilation of nitrate, nitrite, ammonium, and urea by a marine diatom

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-224

  Waser, N A D ^a   Harrison, P J ^a   Nielsen, B ^a   Calvert, S E ^a   Turpin, D H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM UREA; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DIATOM; FRACTIONATION; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE;

THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA;

EID: 0031809942     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.2.0215     Document Type: Article

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