A global marine-fixed nitrogen isotopic budget: Implications for Holocene nitrogen cycling

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 67-1-67-14

  Brandes, Jay A ^a   Devol, Allan H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Budget; Denitrification; Isotopes; Marine; Model; Nitrate; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; HOLOCENE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN CYCLE; RESIDENCE TIME;

EID: 0037696542     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001gb001856     Document Type: Article

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