Photoproduction of ammonium in the southeastern Beaufort Sea and its biogeochemical implications

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3047-3061

  Xie, H ^a   Belanger S ^b   Song, G ^a   Benner, R ^c   Taalba, A ^a   Blais, M ^d   Tremblay, J E ^d   Babin, M ^d,e  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DISSOLVED MATTER; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN COMPOUND; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE; WAVELENGTH;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; MACKENZIE ESTUARY; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 84879110707     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-3047-2012     Document Type: Article

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