Nutrient streams in the North Atlantic: Advective pathways of inorganic and dissolved organic nutrients

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Williams, Richard G ^a   McDonagh, Elaine ^b   Roussenov, Vassil M ^a   Torres Valdes, Sinhue ^b   King, Brian ^b   Sanders, Richard ^b   Hansell, Dennis A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTIVE FLUX; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; GULF STREAM; MIDLATITUDES; MODEL STUDY; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE TRANSPORT; NORTH ATLANTIC; ORGANIC NUTRIENTS; SUB-SURFACES; SUBPOLAR GYRES; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; TOTAL NITROGEN; TRANSPORT ESTIMATES; WESTERN BOUNDARY;

NITRATES; OCEAN CURRENTS; TROPICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NUTRIENTS;

ADVECTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; GYRE; INORGANIC NITROGEN; NITRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUBTROPICAL REGION; THERMOCLINE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLUME;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 82955173755     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GB003853     Document Type: Article

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