Nitrate anomaly in the upper nutricline in the northern South China Sea - Evidence for nitrogen fixation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2002, Pages

  Wong, George T F ^a   Chung, Shi Wei ^b   Shiah, Fuh Kwo ^b,c   Chen, Chung Chi ^b,d   Wen, Liang Saw ^b   Liu, Kon Kee ^b,c  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NITRATES; NITROGEN;

ASIAN DUST; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; NORTHEAST MONSOON; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; REMINERALIZATION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TIME-PERIODS;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

EID: 0036945960     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015796     Document Type: Article

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