Impact of diatom-diazotroph associations on carbon export in the Amazon River plume

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Yeung, Laurence Y ^a   Berelson, William M ^b   Young, Edward D ^a   Prokopenko, Maria G ^a   Rollins, Nick ^b   Coles, Victoria J ^c   Montoya, Joseph P ^d   Carpenter, Edward J ^e   Steinberg, Deborah K ^f   Foster, Rachel A ^g   Capone, Douglas G ^b   Yager, Patricia L ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTOPES; RIVERS; SILICATES;

AMAZON RIVER; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBON EXPORT; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GEOCHEMICAL TRACER; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; RESIDENCE TIME; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; TROPICAL OCEAN; TROPICAL RIVERS;

CARBON;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARGON; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; DIATOM; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXYGEN; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER PLUME; SEAWATER; SILICATE; TRACER;

AMAZON RIVER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALOTHRIX CRUSTACEA; CYANOBACTERIA; HEMIAULUS HAUCKII;

EID: 84867010321     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053356     Document Type: Article

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