A probabilistic estimate of global marine N-fixation and denitrification

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Eugster, Olivier ^a   Gruber, Nicolas ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BEST ESTIMATES; BOX MODELS; DATA CONSTRAINTS; DENITRIFICATION RATE; GLOBAL MARINES; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; ISOTOPIC VALUES; N-FIXATION; PHYSICAL DATA; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATES; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVERINE INPUT; SPATIAL COUPLINGS; STABLE NITROGEN ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMNS;

ESTIMATION; ISOTOPES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DENITRIFICATION;

DENITRIFICATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PROBABILITY; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84870568974     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GB004300     Document Type: Article

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