A nitrate and silicate budget in the equatorial Pacific Ocean: A coupled physical-biological model study

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 22-26, 2003, Pages 2971-2996

  Jiang, M S ^a,e   Chai, F ^a   Dugdale, R C ^b   Wilkerson, F P ^b   Peng, T H ^c   Barber, R T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NUTRITION; RECYCLING; SILICATES;

PHYTOPLANKTON; UPWELLING ZONES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; NITRATE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; SILICATE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0346816509     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2003.07.006     Document Type: Article

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