Urea distribution and uptake in the Atlantic Ocean between 50° N and 50° S

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 368, Issue , 2008, Pages 53-63

  Painter, Stuart C ^a   Sanders, Richard ^a   Waldron, Howard N ^b   Lucas, Michael I ^a,b   Torres Valdes, Sinhue ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Atlantic Meridional Transect; Prochlorococcus; Seasonal variability; Urea concentration; Urea uptake

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; UREA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 54549095058     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07586     Document Type: Article

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