Nitrogen sources and cycling in the San Francisco Bay estuary: A nitrate dual isotopic composition approach

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1654-1664

  Wankel, Scott D ^a,b   Kendall, Carol ^b   Francis, Chris A ^a   Paytan, Adina ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746916802     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.4.1654     Document Type: Article

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