Physical and biological controls of nitrate concentrations in the upper subtropical North Pacific Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 119-134

  Ascani, François ^a   Richards, Kelvin J ^a   Firing, Eric ^a   Grant, Scott ^a   Johnson, Kenneth S ^b   Jia, Yanli ^a   Lukas, Roger ^a   Karl, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological production; Mesoscale eddies; Nitrogen cycle; North Pacific subtropical gyre; Submesoscale processes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; HIGH-RESOLUTION NUMERICAL SIMULATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN CYCLES; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; SUBTROPICAL NORTH PACIFIC OCEANS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN SUPPLY; TROPICS;

NITRATES;

ANOMALY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GYRE; MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXED LAYER; NITRATE; SIMULATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SURFACE LAYER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UPPER OCEAN; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH; WAVELENGTH;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84880817616     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.01.034     Document Type: Article

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