The supply of excess phosphate across the Gulf Stream and the maintenance of subtropical nitrogen fixation

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Palter, Jaime B ^a   Lozier, M Susan ^b   Sarmiento, Jorge L ^c   Williams, Richard G ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATIONS; EUPHOTIC ZONE; GULF STREAM; HOT SPOT; NORTH ATLANTIC; NUTRIENT RESERVOIRS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; PHYSICAL TRANSPORT; SATELLITE WINDS; SUBTROPICAL GYRE;

ADVECTION; MAINTENANCE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; TROPICS;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

EKMAN TRANSPORT; GYRE; HOT SPOT; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHATE; SATELLITE DATA; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL); GULF STREAM;

EID: 80655149485     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GB003955     Document Type: Article

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