The proportion of remineralized nitrate on the ice-covered eastern Bering Sea shelf evidenced from the oxygen isotope ratio of nitrate

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 962-971

  Granger, Julie ^a   Prokopenko, Maria G ^b   Mordy, Calvin W ^c,d   Sigman, Daniel M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

benthic; Bering Sea shelf; denitrification; nitrate isotopes; remineralization; sea ice

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPES; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN; SEA ICE; WATER RECYCLING;

BENTHIC; BERING SEA; EASTERN BERING SEA SHELVES; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE ISOTOPES; OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS; REMINERALIZATION;

NITRATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 84884472540     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gbc.20075     Document Type: Article

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