The Ekman transfer of nutrients and maintenance of new production over the North Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 461-489

  Williams, Richard G ^a   Follows, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; EKMAN TRANSPORT; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN, (NORTH);

EID: 0032004395     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00094-0     Document Type: Article

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