Large-scale variations in the stoichiometry of marine organic matter respiration

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 890-894

  Devries, Tim ^a,b   Deutsch, Curtis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PUMP; GLOBAL CHANGE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESPIRATION; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 84927517350     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2300     Document Type: Article

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