Stable nitrogen isotope dynamics of dissolved nitrate in a transect from the north Pacific subtropical gyre to the eastern tropical north Pacific

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 517-527

  Sutka, R L ^a   Ostrom, N E ^a   Ostrom, P H ^a   Phanikumar, M S ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEAWATER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 0742322778     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(00)00483-6     Document Type: Article

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