N2 fixation in eddies of the eastern tropical South Pacific Ocean

Biogeosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2889-2899

  Löscher, Carolin R ^a,b   Bourbonnais, Annie ^c   Dekaezemacker, Julien ^d,g,h   Charoenpong, Chawalit N ^e,f   Altabet, Mark A ^c   Bange, Hermann W ^a,b   Czeschel, Rena ^a   Hoffmann, Chris ^b   Schmitz, Ruth ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^h ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOACTIVITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON FIXATION; DEEP WATER VENTILATION; EUPHOTIC ZONE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MESOSCALE EDDY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROKARYOTE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER DEPTH;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); PERU;

EID: 84977665775     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-2889-2016     Document Type: Article

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