The loss of organic nitrogen during marine primary production may be significantly overestimated when using 15N substrates

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1419, 1999, Pages 641-647

  Flynn, Kevin J ^a   Berry, Lorraine S ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Organic nitrogen; Phytoplankton; Primary production

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; ESTIMATION METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENSITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033594139     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0684     Document Type: Article

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