Denitrification and the nitrogen gas excess in the eastern tropical South Pacific oxygen deficient zone

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1092-1101

  Chang, Bonnie X ^a   Devol, Allan H ^a   Emerson, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Dissolved gases; Eastern tropical South Pacific; Nitrate deficit; Nitrogen cycle; Oxygen deficient zone

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN SEA; DEEP SEA; DENITRIFICATION RATE; DISSOLVED GAS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; EASTERN TROPICAL SOUTH PACIFIC; N:P RATIO; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN GAS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN DEFICIENT; OXYGEN DEFICIENT ZONE; RESIDENCE TIME; TYPE METHODS; WATER COLUMNS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GASES; NITRATES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TROPICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NITROGEN;

ARGON; DEEP SEA; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED GAS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; GAS EXCHANGE; NITRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; REDFIELD RATIO; RESPIRATION; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 77955662739     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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