Nitrogen isotope gradients off Peru and Ecuador related to upwelling, productivity, nutrient uptake and oxygen deficiency

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 70, Issue , 2012, Pages 14-25

  Mollier Vogel, Elfi ^a   Ryabenko, Evgenia ^b   Martinez, Philippe ^c   Wallace, Douglas ^d   Altabet, Mark A ^e   Schneider, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e U Massachusetts Dartmouth   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Eastern tropical pacific; Nitrogen isotopes; OMZ; South America; Surface sediments; Water column

Indexed keywords

EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OMZ; SOUTH AMERICA; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; WATER COLUMNS;

CHLOROPHYLL; DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT LOSS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN;

ECUADOR; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PERU;

EID: 84867636674     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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