N and O isotope effects during nitrate assimilation by unicellular prokaryotic and eukaryotic plankton cultures

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1030-1040

  Granger, J ^a   Sigman, D M ^a   Rohde, M M ^b   Maldonado, M T ^c   Tortell, P D ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUKARYOTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROKARYOTE; REACTION RATE; REDUCTION;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 72149093507     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.10.044     Document Type: Article

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