Nitrogen and carbon isotopic ratios of chlorophyll from marine phytoplankton

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1431-1441

  Sachs, Julian P ^a   Repeta, Daniel J ^b   Goericke, Ralf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 0032745107     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00097-6     Document Type: Article

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