Regional variation in the particulate organic carbon to nitrogen ratio in the surface ocean

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 723-731

  Martiny, A C ^a   Vrugt, Jasper A ^a,b   Primeau, Francois W ^a   Lomas, Michael W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^c BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

elemental stoichiometry; nitrogen cycle; Redfield

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; NEURAL NETWORKS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PLANKTON;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MARINE BIOGEOCHEMISTRIES; NITROGEN CYCLES; OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; PARTICULATE MATERIALS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; REDFIELD; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84881501021     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gbc.20061     Document Type: Article

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