Riverine influence on nitrogen fixation in the upwelling region off Vietnam, South China Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Voss, Maren ^a   Bombar, Deniz ^a   Loick, Natalie ^a   Dippner, Joachim W ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; NITROGEN FIXATION; OCEAN DUMPING;

CYANOBACTERIAL GROWTH; HYDRO-CHEMICAL VARIABLES; OLIGOTROPHIC SUBTROPICAL REGIONS;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

CYANOBACTERIUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; RIVER PLUME; UPWELLING;

ASIA; EURASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 33646843438     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025569     Document Type: Article

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