The δ15N of nitrate in the Southern Ocean: Nitrogen cycling and circulation in the ocean interior

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C8, 2000, Pages 19599-19614

  Sigman, D M ^a,b   Altabet, M A ^c   McCorkle, D C ^a   Francois, R ^a   Fischer, G ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; DETERMINATION OF CONTENT; INDIAN OCEAN; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN 15; SOUTHERN OCEAN; THERMOCLINE; WATER DEPTH; WATER SAMPLING;

CIRCULATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0033674853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000265     Document Type: Article

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