Zonal differences in phosphorus pools, turnover and deficiency across the tropical North Atlantic Ocean

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Sohm, Jill A ^a   Capone, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAZON RIVER; BIOGEOCHEMICAL STUDIES; BIOLOGICAL CYCLING; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DATA SUPPORT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; TRICHODESMIUM; TURNOVER TIME; UPTAKE RATE; WESTERN SIDE; WIDE SWATH;

DISSOLUTION; LAKES; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; TROPICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; RIVER PLUME; SPATIAL VARIATION; TURNOVER;

AMAZON RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 77954339414     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GB003414     Document Type: Article

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