Seasonal and interannual variability in sources of nitrogen supporting export in the oligotrophic subtropical North Pacific Ocean

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1595-1607

  Dore, John E ^a   Brum, Jennifer R ^a   Tupas, Luis M ^a   Karl, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; EUPHOTIC ZONE; NITROGEN; SEASONAL VARIATION;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036866124     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2002.47.6.1595     Document Type: Article

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