Oceanic nitrogen reservoir regulated by plankton diversity and ocean circulation

Nature

Volumn 489, Issue 7416, 2012, Pages 419-422

  Weber, Thomas ^a   Deutsch, Curtis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMASS; BIOME; CIRCULATION MODELING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; DIATOM; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITRATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOICHIOMETRY; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOME; DIATOM; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; SEA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIOTA; DENITRIFICATION; DIATOMS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84866524939     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11357     Document Type: Article

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