The relative influences of nitrogen and phosphorus on oceanic primary production

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6744, 1999, Pages 525-531

  Tyrrell, Toby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; EUTROPHICATION; GEOGRAPHY; HOMEOSTASIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; WASTE WATER;

EID: 0033527009     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/22941     Document Type: Article

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