Non-redfield carbon and nitrogen cycling in the Sargasso Sea: Pelagic imbalances and export flux

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 573-591

  Anderson, Thomas R ^a   Pondaven, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Carbon cycle; Carbon nitrogen ratio; Export flux; Modeling; Sargasso Sea

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DEGASSING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); STOICHIOMETRY;

DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON (DIC);

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; NITROGEN CYCLE; STOICHIOMETRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

EID: 0242339707     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(03)00034-7     Document Type: Article

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