Productivity patterns and N-fixation associated with Pliocene-Holocene sapropels: Paleoceanographic and paleoecological significance

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 415-431

  Gallego Torres, D ^a,e   Martinez Ruiz, F ^b   Meyers, P A ^c   Paytan, A ^d   Jimenez Espejo, F J ^b   Ortega Huertas, M ^e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BACTERIUM; BOTTOM WATER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HOLOCENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGENATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PLIOCENE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SAPROPEL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER COLUMN;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79951840677     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-415-2011     Document Type: Article

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