N2 fixation variability in the oligotrophic Sulu Sea, western equatorial Pacific region over the past 83 kyr

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 427-439

  Horikawa, Keiji ^a   Minagawa, Masao ^a   Kato, Yoshihisa ^b   Murayama, Masafumi ^c   Nagao, Seiya ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopic compositions; N2 fixation; Paleoproductivity; Sulu Sea; Western equatorial Pacific

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); SULU SEA;

EID: 33746078063     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-006-0066-2     Document Type: Article

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