Sensitivity of δ15N of nitrate, surface suspended and deep sinking particulate nitrogen to seasonal nitrate depletion in the Southern Ocean

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Lourey, Martin J ^a   Trull, Thomas W ^a   Sigman, Daniel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrate; Particulate nitrogen; Subantarctic

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; NITRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN; SEASONALITY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0346934897     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gb001973     Document Type: Article

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