Upper ocean nitrogen fluxes in the Polar Antarctic Zone: Constraints from the nitrogen and oxygen isotopes of nitrate

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  DiFiore, Peter J ^a   Sigman, Daniel M ^a   Dunbar, Robert B ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic zone; Nitrate; Nitrification; Nitrogen cycle; Southern ocean; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049126998     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002468     Document Type: Article

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