An eddy-stimulated hotspot for fixed nitrogen-loss from the Peru oxygen minimum zone

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4897-4908

  Altabet, M A ^a   Ryabenko, E ^b   Stramma, L ^b   Wallace, D W R ^c   Frank, M ^b   Grasse, P ^b   Lavik, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

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

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; GLOBAL OCEAN; HETEROGENEITY; HOT SPOT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE EDDY; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXYGEN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

PERU;

EID: 84870776799     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-4897-2012     Document Type: Article

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