Nitrogen fixation amplifies the ocean biogeochemical response to decadal timescale variations in mineral dust deposition

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 560-572

  Moore, Keith ^a   Doney, Scottt C ^b   Lindsay, Keith ^c   Mahowald, Natalie ^c   Michaels Anthony F , A F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECADAL VARIATION; DEPOSITION; DUST; GAS EXCHANGE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33750038242     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2006.00209.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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