N-loss isotope effects in the Peru oxygen minimum zone studied using a mesoscale eddy as a natural tracer experiment

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 793-811

  Bourbonnais, Annie ^a   Altabet, Mark A ^a   Charoenpong, Chawalit N ^b,c   Larkum, Jennifer ^a   Hu, Haibei ^a   Bange, Hermann W ^d   Stramma, Lothar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

isotope effects; mesoscale eddy; N loss

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MESOSCALE EDDY; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; OXIDATION; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; TRACER;

PERU;

EID: 84947128528     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GB005001     Document Type: Article

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