Contrasting biogeochemistry of nitrogen in the Atlantic and Pacific Oxygen Minimum Zones

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 203-215

  Ryabenko, E ^a   Kock, A ^a   Bange, H W ^a   Altabet, M A ^b   Wallace, D W R ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DUST; FRACTIONATION; INORGANIC NITROGEN; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; SURFACE WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); CAPE VERDE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PERU;

EID: 84863655808     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-203-2012     Document Type: Article

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