NITROGEN CYCLE Oceans apart

被引:15
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作者
Voss, Maren [1 ]
Montoya, Joseph P. [2 ]
机构
[1] Leibniz Inst Balt Sea Res, D-18119 Rostock, Germany
[2] Georgia Inst Technol, Sch Biol, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
关键词
ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION; SINK; SEA;
D O I
10.1038/461049a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Reactive nitrogen is lost from the oceans as dinitrogen — N2 — produced by microbial metabolism. The latest twist in an ongoing story is that different pathways dominate in two of the oceanic regions concerned.
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