Equatorial upwelling enhances nitrogen fixation in the Atlantic Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1766-1771

  Subramaniam, Ajit ^a   Mahaffey, Claire ^b   Johns, William ^c   Mahowald, Natalie ^d  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

equatorial Atlantic; Gulf of Guinea; nitrate to phosphate ratios; nitrogen fixation; upwelling regions

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EASTERN EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC; EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC; EQUATORIAL UPWELLING; FIXATION RATES; GULF OF GUINEA; UPWELLING REGIMES; UPWELLING REGION;

IRON; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; SURFACE WATERS;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

AMMONIA; GYRE; IRON; NITRATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SURFACE WATER; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 84879116352     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50250     Document Type: Article

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