Enrichment of amino acids in the sea surface microlayer at coastal and open ocean sites in the North Atlantic Ocean

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1605-1619

  Kuznetsova, Marina ^a   Lee, Cindy ^a   Aller, Josephine ^a   Frew, Nelson ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIOPLANKTON; COASTAL ZONE; OPEN OCEAN; SEA SURFACE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAA;

EID: 4944257480     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.5.1605     Document Type: Article

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