Chemical characteristics of dissolved organic nitrogen in an oligotrophic subtropical coastal ecosystem

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 4491-4506

  Maie, Nagamitsu ^a   Parish, Kathleen J ^a   Watanabe, Akira ^b   Knicker, Heike ^c   Benner, Ronald ^d   Abe, Tomonori ^b   Kaiser, Karl ^d   Jaffé, Rudolf ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SPECTROSCOPY; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 33748070787     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.06.1554     Document Type: Article

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