Isotopic composition of nitrogen in suspended particulate matter of Lake Superior: Implications for nutrient cycling and organic matter transformation

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Kumar, Sanjeev ^a,b   Finlay, Jacques C ^a   Sterner, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon; Isotope; Lake Superior; Nitrogen; Nutrient

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAKE WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANKTON; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRANSFORMATION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR;

EID: 79952105659     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9441-6     Document Type: Article

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