Nitrogen and oxygen isotopic signatures of subsurface nitrate seaward of the Florida Keys reef tract

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1258-1267

  Leichter, James J ^a   Paytan, Adina ^b   Wankel, Scott ^b   Hanson, Katharine ^a   Miller, Steven ^c   Altabet, Mark A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NITRATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; REEF; THERMOCLINE; UPWELLING;

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

EID: 34249718440     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.3.1258     Document Type: Article

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