Non-Redfield carbon and nitrogen cycling in the Arctic: Effects of ecosystem structure and dynamics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C2, 1999, Pages 3185-3199

  Daly, Kendra L ^a,b   Wallace, Douglas W R ^c   Smith Jr , Walker O ^d   Skoog, Annelie ^e   Lara, Rubén ^f,j   Gosselin, Michel ^g   Falck, Eva ^h   Yager, Patricia L ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^f LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; NITROGEN CYCLE; POLAR REGION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COPEPODA;

EID: 0033558239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900071     Document Type: Article

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