Nitrite dynamics in the open ocean-clues from seasonal and diurnal variations

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 453, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-26

  Meeder, Efrat ^a,b   MacKey, Katherine R M ^c   Paytan, Adina ^c   Shaked, Yeala ^a,b   Iluz, David ^d,e   Stambler, Noga ^d   Rivlin, Tanya ^b   Post, Anton F ^b   Lazar, Boaz ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Faculty of Life Sciences   (Israel)

^e BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ammonium maximum; Gulf of Aqaba; Nitrification; Nitrite; Nitrite excretion; Primary nitrite maximum; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; AMMONIUM; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXCRETION; MIXING; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OPEN OCEAN; OXIDATION; PHOTIC ZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; WATER COLUMN;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 84861035244     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09525     Document Type: Article

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