Advective transport of diazotrophs and importance of their nitrogen fixation on new and primary production in the western Pacific warm pool

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-60

  Shiozaki, Takuhei ^a   Kodama, Taketoshi ^a,b   Kitajima, Satoshi ^a,c   Sato, Mitsuhide ^a   Furuya, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADVECTION; BACTERIUM; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; NITRATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84875341375     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2013.58.1.0049     Document Type: Article

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