Nitrate supply from deep to near-surface waters of the North Pacific subtropical gyre

Nature

Volumn 465, Issue 7301, 2010, Pages 1062-1065

  Johnson, Kenneth S ^a   Riser, Stephen C ^b   Karl, David M ^c  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITRATE; OXYGEN; SURFACE WATER;

CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GYRE; MIXED LAYER; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITRATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXYGEN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOSPHATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SURFACE WATER; TIME SERIES; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ARTICLE; NITRATE UPTAKE; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STOICHIOMETRY; SUMMER; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; HAWAII; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SALINITY; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SHIPS; SOLUBILITY; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77953954590     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09170     Document Type: Article

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