Nitrogen fixation in the Gulf of California and the Eastern Tropical North Pacific

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-17

  White, Angelicque E ^e   Foster, Rachel A ^a,f   Benitez Nelson, Claudia R ^b   Masqué, Pere ^c   Verdeny, Elisabet ^c   Popp, Brian N ^d   Arthur, Karen E ^d,g   Prahl, Fredrick G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^g AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUXES; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EXPORT PRODUCTION; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; GENOMIC ANALYSIS; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; HIGH VARIABILITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC MEASUREMENT; NEW PRODUCTION; NORTH PACIFIC; OLIGOTROPHIC REGIONS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL CYCLE; SUMMER MONTHS; SURFACE OCEAN; TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY; TRICHODESMIUM; TROPICAL OCEAN;

BLOOMS (METAL); DENITRIFICATION; EFFICIENCY; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENT TRAPS; TROPICS;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; DENITRIFICATION; GENOMICS; ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT TRAP; STABLE ISOTOPE; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

BACILLARIOPHYTA; RICHELIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 84872795058     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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