A simple nutrient-dependence mechanism for predicting the stoichiometry of marine ecosystems

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 27, 2015, Pages 8199-8204

  Galbraith, Eric D ^a   Martiny, Adam C ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Marine ecosystem; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE; CARBON; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; MACRONUTRIENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SEA;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER;

EID: 84936791284     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1423917112     Document Type: Article

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