Global oceanic production of nitrous oxide

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1593, 2012, Pages 1245-1255

  Freing, Alina ^a,b   Wallace, Douglas W R ^a,c   Bange, Hermann W ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Nitrification; Nitrous oxide; Oceanic production

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COASTAL CIRCULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; DECOMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROUS OXIDE; TRACER; UPWELLING; WARMING; WATER MASS;

EID: 84858046389     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0360     Document Type: Article

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