Production, partitioning and stoichiometry of organic matter under variable nutrient supply during mesocosm experiments in the tropical Pacific and Atlantic Ocean

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4629-4643

  Franz, J M S ^a   Hauss, H ^a   Sommer, U ^a   Dittmar, T ^b   Riebesell, U ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; EUPHOTIC ZONE; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; OXYGENATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84865536297     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-4629-2012     Document Type: Article

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