Influence of mesoscale eddies on the distribution of nitrous oxide in the eastern tropical South Pacific

Biogeosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1105-1118

  Arévalo Martínez, Damian L ^a   Kock, Annette ^a   Löscher, Carolin R ^a,b   Schmitz, Ruth A ^b   Stramma, Lothar ^a   Bange, Hermann W ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MESOSCALE EDDY; MODE WATER; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROUS OXIDE; OPEN OCEAN; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PERU;

EID: 84959179490     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-1105-2016     Document Type: Article

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