Isotopic constraints on the pre-industrial oceanic nitrogen budget

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 5889-5910

  Somes, C J ^a   Oschlies, A ^a   Schmittner, A ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; DENITRIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLOBAL OCEAN; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; RESIDENCE TIME; SEAWATER; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 84883684527     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-5889-2013     Document Type: Article

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