What prevents nitrogen depletion in the oxygen minimum zone of the eastern tropical South Pacific?

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1113-1130

  Su, B ^a   Pahlow, M ^a   Wagner, H ^a   Oschlies, A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMINERALIZATION; RESPIRATION; UPWELLING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84923353323     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-1113-2015     Document Type: Article

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