The winter and summer partitioning of dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus. Observations across the Irish Sea during 1997 and 1998

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 475-476, Issue , 2002, Pages 173-184

  Shammon, T M ^a   Hartnoll, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic nitrogen; Dissolved organic phosphorus; Irish Sea; N:P ratios; Soluble reactive phosphate; Total oxidised nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

SEASONAL VARIATIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; PARTITIONING; PHOSPHORUS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

IRISH SEA;

EID: 17044444978     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020309107817     Document Type: Article

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