Geographic variations in the nitrogen isotope composition of surface particulate nitrogen and new production across the North Atlantic Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1207-1226

  Waser, Nathalie A D ^a   Harrison, William G ^b   Head, Erica J H ^b   Nielsen, Bente ^a   Lutz, Vivian A ^b   E Calvert, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Isotope fractionation; New production; Pigment composition and residence time; Stable nitrogen isotopes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TROPHIC STATUS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034066574     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00102-8     Document Type: Article

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