Constraints on nitrogen cycling at the subtropical North Pacific Station ALOHA from isotopic measurements of nitrate and particulate nitrogen

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 14-15, 2008, Pages 1661-1672

  Casciotti, K L ^a   Trull, T W ^b,c   Glover, D M ^a   Davies, D ^b,c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

New production; Nitrate isotopes; Nitrogen fixation; Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; ISOTOPES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

EUPHOTIC ZONES; GLOBAL OCEANS; NATURAL ABUNDANCE; NEW PRODUCTION; NITRATE ISOTOPES; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN SUPPLY; NORTH PACIFIC; PACIFIC OCEAN; SUBTROPICAL GYRES; VERTICAL TRANSPORTS;

NONMETALS;

GYRE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMINERALIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; THERMOCLINE;

ALOHA STATION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 48949101967     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.04.017     Document Type: Article

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