A large source of atmospheric nitrous oxide from subtropical North Pacific surface waters

Nature

Volumn 396, Issue 6706, 1998, Pages 63-66

  Dore, John E ^a,b   Popp, Brian N ^b   Karl, David M ^b   Sansone, Francis J ^b  

^a Aquasearch Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; NITROUS OXIDE; PROVENANCE; SEAWATER; TRACE GAS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NITRIFICATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032487959     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/23921     Document Type: Article

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