Global declines in oceanic nitrification rates as a consequence of ocean acidification

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 208-213

  Beman, J Michael ^a,d   Chow, Cheryl Emiliane ^b   King, Andrew L ^b   Feng, Yuanyuan ^b   Fuhrman, Jed A ^b   Andersson, Andreas ^c   Bates, Nicholas R ^c   Popp, Brian N ^a   Hutchins, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENHOUSE GAS; MICROORGANISM; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEAWATER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78651082044     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1011053108     Document Type: Article

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