Evidence for production and lateral transport of dissolved organic phosphorus in the eastern subtropical North Atlantic

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 805-824

  Reynolds, Sarah ^a,b   Mahaffey, Claire ^a   Roussenov, Vassil ^a   Williams, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alkaline phosphatase; DOP; nutrient transport; phosphate; subtropical North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OCEAN BASIN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SURFACE WATER; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84905636408     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GB004801     Document Type: Article

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