First direct measurements of N 2 fixation during a Trichodesmium bloom in the eastern Arabian Sea

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Gandhi, Naveen ^a   Singh, Arvind ^a   Prakash, S ^b   Ramesh, R ^a   Raman, Mini ^c   Sheshshayee, M S ^d   Shetye, Suhas ^e  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR OCEAN INFORMATION SERVICES   (India)

^c Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON UPTAKE; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; DISSOLVED AIR; EASTERN ARABIAN SEA; GAS TRACERS; NITROGEN BUDGETS; ORGANIC NITROGEN; TRACER TECHNIQUE; TRICHODESMIUM;

CHLOROPHYLL; NITROGEN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

ALGAL BLOOM; CARBON FLUX; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED MATTER; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN; TRACER;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 84855259723     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GB003970     Document Type: Article

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