Size-differential uptake of nitrogen and carbon in a marginal sea (Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada): Significance of diel periodicity and urea uptake

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 489-518

  Tremblay, Jean Éric ^a   Legendre, Louis ^b   Klein, Bert ^b   Therriault, Jean Claude ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CANADA; CARBON 14; CARBON UPTAKE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITRATE; NITROGEN 15; NITROGEN UPTAKE; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; UREA UPTAKE;

CARBON; MARGINAL SEA; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIZE EFFECT;

GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

EID: 0034174505     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00116-2     Document Type: Article

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