Fixed nitrogen loss from the eastern tropical North Pacific and Arabian Sea oxygen deficient zones determined from measurements of N2:Ar

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Chang, Bonnie X ^a,b   Devo, Allan H ^a   Emerson, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN SEA; FIXED NITROGEN; NORTH PACIFIC; OXYGEN DEFICIENT; OXYGEN UTILIZATION; RESIDENCE TIME;

DENITRIFICATION; TROPICS;

OXYGEN;

DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXYGEN; RESIDENCE TIME; STOICHIOMETRY; VOLUME;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84867023624     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GB004207     Document Type: Article

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