Importance of heterotrophic bacterial assimilation of ammonium and nitrate in the Barents Sea during summer

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 93-108

  Allen, A E ^a,b   Howard Jones, M H ^b,c   Booth, M G ^b   Frischer, M E ^b   Verity, Peter G ^b   Bronk, D A ^d   Sanderson, M P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

15N; Arctic; Heterotrophic bacteria; Microbial loop; New production; Nitrate; Nitrogen cycle

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; NITROGEN;

ASSIMILATIONS;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; NITRATE;

BARENTS SEA;

EID: 0036890756     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(02)00171-9     Document Type: Article

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