Nitrogen isotopes of organic nitrogen in reef coral skeletons as a proxy of tropical nutrient dynamics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Yamazaki, Atsuko ^a   Watanabe, Tsuyoshi ^a   Tsunogai, Urumu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; REEFS; SEAWATER; TROPICS;

CONTINUOUS OBSERVATION; CORAL REEF; CORAL SKELETON; EXTENDED ANALYSIS; GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE; HIGH RESOLUTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS; MARINE PRODUCTIVITY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC NITROGEN; REEF CORALS; SUBTROPICAL OCEAN; WESTERN PACIFIC;

NUTRIENTS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CORAL REEF; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SKELETON; TIMESCALE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 80054741824     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049053     Document Type: Article

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