Net biogenic silica production and nitrate regeneration determine the strength of the silica pump in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 462-476

  Demarest, Mark S ^a   Brzezinski, Mark A ^a   Nelson, David M ^b,c   Krause, Jeffrey W ^a,b   Jones, Janice L ^a   Beucher, Charlotte P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

Biogenic silica; Equatorial Pacific; HNLC; Nitrification; Silica production; Silicon cycling; Tropical instability wave

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC SILICA; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; HNLC; SILICA PRODUCTION; TROPICAL INSTABILITY WAVES;

BACTERIOLOGY; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; RECYCLING; SILICON; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS; WATER WAVES;

SILICA;

BACTERIUM; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; DEEP WATER; DIATOM; DISSOLUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUPHOTIC ZONE; INORGANIC NITROGEN; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN; POPULATION DECLINE; RECYCLING; REGENERATION; RESOLUTION; SILICA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79951483128     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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