Springtime contribution of dinitrogen fixation to primary production across the Mediterranean Sea

Ocean Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 489-498

  Rahav, E ^a   Herut, B ^b   Levi, A ^a   Mulholland, M R ^c   Berman Frank, I ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^c Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAWATER; SPRING (SEASON); SURFACE WATER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 84879092766     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-9-489-2013     Document Type: Article

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