Coupled nitrogen and oxygen isotope fractionation of nitrate during assimilation by cultures of marine phytoplankton

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1763-1773

  Granger, Julie ^a   Sigman, Daniel M ^b   Needoba, Joseph A ^a,c   Harrison, Paul J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE; THALASSIOSIRA; THALASSIOSIRA OCEANICA; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

EID: 4944234749     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.5.1763     Document Type: Article

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