Nitrate uptake and diffusive nitrate supply in the Central Atlantic

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 116-126

  Planas, Dolors ^a   Agustí, Susana ^b   Duarte, Carlos M ^b   Granata, Tim C ^b   Merino, Martín ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE;

(CENTRAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033057037     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.1.0116     Document Type: Article

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