Presence of nitrous oxide hotspots in the coastal upwelling area off central Chile: An analysis of temporal variability based on ten years of a biogeochemical time series

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Farias L ^a,b   Besoain, V ^c   Garcia Loyola S ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b University of Concepción   (Chile)

^c Environmental Department Fishing Development Institute (IFOP)   (Chile)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

central Chile; coastal upwelling; nitrous oxide hotspot; seasonal and inter annual N2< inf>O variability

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXYGEN; TIME SERIES;

AEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION; APPARENT OXYGEN UTILIZATIONS; CENTRAL CHILE; COASTAL UPWELLING; HOT SPOT; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL VARIABILITY;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL A; DENITRIFICATION; EMISSION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HYPOXIA; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UPWELLING;

CHILE;

EID: 84928788847     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/4/044017     Document Type: Article

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