Formation and maintenance of high-nitrate, low pH layers in the eastern Indian Ocean and the role of nitrogen fixation

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 5691-5702

  Waite, A M ^a   Rossi, V ^b   Roughan, M ^b   Tilbrook, B ^c   Thompson, P A ^d   Feng, M ^d   Wyatt, A S J ^e   Raes, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; WATER MASS;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); NINGALOO REEF; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84883425041     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-5691-2013     Document Type: Article

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