Phosphorus cycling in the Sargasso Sea: Investigation using the oxygen isotopic composition of phosphate, enzyme-labeled fluorescence, and turnover times

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 375-387

  McLaughlin, Karen ^a   Sohm, Jill A ^b   Cutter, Gregory A ^c   Lomas, Michael W ^d   Paytan, Adina ^e  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; DOP; isotopes; phosphorus

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; PHOSPHATASES; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SURFACE WATERS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; DISSOLVED INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; DISSOLVED PHOSPHATES; DOP; EXTRACELLULAR ENZYMES; OXYGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY;

ISOTOPES;

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS BALANCE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMINERALIZATION; TURNOVER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84881115023     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gbc.20037     Document Type: Article

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