Foraminiferal isotope evidence of reduced nitrogen fixation in the ice age Atlantic ocean

Science

Volumn 323, Issue 5911, 2009, Pages 244-248

  Ren, H ^a   Sigman, D M ^a   Meckler, A N ^b   Plessen, B ^c   Robinson, R S ^d   Rosenthal, Y ^e   Haug, G H ^f,g  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER;

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIMITING FACTOR; MARINE SEDIMENT; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PLEISTOCENE; THERMOCLINE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FORAMINIFER; ICE AGE; LATITUDE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMOCLINE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANKTON; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

ALGAE; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 58149373893     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1165787     Document Type: Article

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