Rates of C, N, P and Si recycling and denitrification at the US Mid-Atlantic continental slope depocenter

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1405-1428

  Jahnke, Richard A ^a   Jahnke, Deborah B ^a  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic fluxes; Denitrification, Continental slope; Depocenter; Sedimentary remineralization

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; AMMONIA; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHIC FLUX; CALCIUM; CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON; UNITED STATES;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON CYCLE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DENITRIFICATION; DEPOCENTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034085251     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00118-1     Document Type: Article

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