Sources of nitrogen for the vertical particle flux in the Gotland Sea (Baltic Proper) - Results from sediment trap studies

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 91-101

  Struck, Ulrich ^a,b   Pollehne, Falk ^a   Bauerfeind, Eduard ^a   Bodungen, Bodo V ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Nitrogen fixation; Organic carbon; Phosphorus; Sedimentation; Silica; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN FIXATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS; SILICA;

SURFACE SEDIMENTS; VERTICAL PARTICLE FLUXES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GOTLAND BASIN;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 1542349988     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2003.11.012     Document Type: Article

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