Evidence for terrigenous dissolved organic nitrogen in the Arctic deep sea

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 148-156

  Dittmar, Thorsten ^a,b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DEEP SEA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; MODEL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER DISCHARGE; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LAPTEV SEA;

EID: 0742267779     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.1.0148     Document Type: Article

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