Ecological nitrogen-to-phosphorus stoichiometry at station ALOHA

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 8-9, 2001, Pages 1529-1566

  Karl, David M ^a   Björkman, Karin M ^b   Dore, John E ^c   Fujieki, Lance ^a   Hebel, Dale V ^b   Houlihan, Terrence ^a   Letelier, Ricardo M ^a   Tupas, Luis M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Aquasearch Inc   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STOICHIOMETRY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GYRE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; STOICHIOMETRY; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0343010444     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00152-1     Document Type: Article

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