Variability of inorganic and organic phosphorus turnover rates in the coastal ocean

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6727, 1999, Pages 502-505

  Benitez Nelson, Claudia R ^a   Buesseler, Ken O ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; RADIOISOTOPE; RAIN;

COASTAL ZONE; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; TURNOVER TIME;

EID: 0033535560     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/19061     Document Type: Article

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