N isotopic composition of dissolved organic nitrogen and nitrate at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series study site

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Knapp, Angela N ^a   Sigman, Daniel M ^a   Lipschultz, Fredric ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITRATE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 20444376946     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GB002320     Document Type: Article

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