Patterns of nitrogen fixation along 10°N in the tropical Atlantic
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Patterns of nitrogen fixation along 10 N in the tropical Atlantic
[1] Nitrogen fixation supports new production in the oligotrophic oceans and removes dinitrogen and carbon dioxide from mixed layer waters. N-fixation rates have been estimated in various ways but measurements are still too rare and factors limiting N-fixation are not yet fully understood. Here we present data from a transect along 10 N through the tropical Atlantic on the Meteor Cruise 55 wher...
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عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Research Letters
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0094-8276
DOI: 10.1029/2004gl020127