Stable isotope composition and turnover of nitrate in the German Bight

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 408, Issue , 2010, Pages 7-18

  Dähnke, Kirstin ^a,b,c   Emeis, Kay ^a,b   Johannsen, Astrid ^a,b   Nagel, Birgit ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

15N; 18O; German Bight; Nitrification; Nitrogen cycle; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; EUTROPHICATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMINERALIZATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 77954126645     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08558     Document Type: Article

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