Nitrogen isotope ratios of nitrate as a clue to the origin of nitrogen on the Pacific coast of Japan

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1303-1309

  Sugimoto, Ryo ^a   Kasai, Akihide ^a   Miyajima, Toshihiro ^b   Fujita, Kouichi ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Mie Prefectural Science and Technology Promotion Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

15N; Kuroshio; Nitrate; Nitrification; North Pacific Intermediate Water

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SALINITY; SUMMER; TRANSFORMATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC COAST [JAPAN]; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 67349214097     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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