High sensitivity measurements of nitrogen isotopic ratios in coral skeletons from Palau, western Pacific: Temporal resolution and seasonal variation of nitrogen sources

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-262

  Uchida, Asami ^a,b   Nishizawa, Manabu ^a,c   Shirai, Kotaro ^a   Iijma, Hiroko ^a   Kayanne, Hajime ^a   Takahata, Naoto ^a   Sano, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coral skeleton; Seasonal variation; 13C value; 15N value; 18O value

Indexed keywords

CORAL; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKELETON;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALAU;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 55349119203     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.42.255     Document Type: Article

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