Seasonal variation in marine C:N:P stoichiometry: Can the composition of seston explain stable Redfield ratios?

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2917-2933

  Frigstad, H ^a,b   Andersen, T ^c   Hessen, D O ^c   Naustvoll, L J ^d   Johnsen, T M ^e   Bellerby, R G J ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f Uni Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; BIOMASS; BOOTSTRAPPING; CARBON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORDINATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; REDFIELD RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SESTON; STOICHIOMETRY; TIME SERIES; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; NORWEGIAN SHELF [NORTH SEA]; SKAGERRAK;

EID: 80054730863     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-2917-2011     Document Type: Article

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