Sources and transformation of dissolved and particulate organic nitrogen in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre indicated by compound-specific δ15N analysis of amino acids

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 220, Issue , 2018, Pages 329-347

  Yamaguchi, Yasuhiko T ^a,b   McCarthy, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Compound specific nitrogen isotope analysis; Dissolved organic nitrogen; Microbial nitrogen pump

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; GYRE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 85032305347     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.07.036     Document Type: Article

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