Silicon-nitrogen coupling in the equatorial Pacific upwelling zone

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 715-726

  Dunne, John P ^a   Murray, James W ^a   Aufdenkampe, Anthony K ^a   Blain, Stephane ^b   Rodier, Martine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SILICON; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033376828     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GB900031     Document Type: Article

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