Do Trichodesmium spp. populations in the North Atlantic export most of the nitrogen they fix?

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 103-114

  McGillicuddy, Dennis J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

eddies; export; modeling; nitrogen fixation; North Atlantic; Trichodesmium

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MODELS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; EDDIES; EXPORT; NORTH ATLANTIC; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; TRICHODESMIUM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ANTICYCLONE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FACILITATION; INORGANIC NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 84894274815     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GB004652     Document Type: Article

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