Dominant eukaryotic export production during ocean anoxic events reflects the importance of recycled NH 4 +

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2269-2274

  Higgins, Meytal B ^a,b   Robinson, Rebecca S ^c   Husson, Jonathan M ^a,b   Carter, Susan J ^a   Pearson, Ann ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Nitrogen fixation; Paleoceanography; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ISOTOPE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; WATER;

ANAMMOX BACTERIA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; EUKARYOTE; MARINE SPECIES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION;

CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84857125458     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1104313109     Document Type: Article

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