Dissolved organic nitrogen and phosphorus pools and fluxes in the central Atlantic Ocean

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 106-115

  Vidal, Montserrat ^a   Duarte, Carlos M ^a   Agustí, Susana ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; THERMOCLINE;

(CENTRAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033062419     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.1.0106     Document Type: Article

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