Increasing N abundance in the northwestern pacific ocean due to atmospheric nitrogen deposition

Science

Volumn 334, Issue 6055, 2011, Pages 505-509

  Kim, Tae Wook ^a   Lee, Kitack ^a   Najjar, Raymond G ^b   Jeong, Hee Dong ^c   Jeong, Hae Jin ^d  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIMITING FACTOR; MARINE POLLUTION; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; JAPAN; KOREA; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 80055091455     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1206583     Document Type: Article

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