Nitrogen regeneration and dissolved organic nitrogen release during spring in a NW Mediterranean coastal zone (Gulf of Lions): Implications for the estimation of new production

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 197, Issue , 2000, Pages 51-65

  Diaz, Frédéric ^a   Raimbault, Patrick ^a  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

15N tracer; DON release; f ratios; New production; Nitrogen regeneration

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; NITROGEN; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGENERATION;

GULF OF LIONS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0034640280     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps197051     Document Type: Article

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