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| Mengesha, S.; Dehairs, F.A.; Elskens, M.; Goeyens, L.. |
| The nitrogen nutrition of the phytoplankton community in the neritic and oceanic waters of the western Indian Ocean was investigated during the south-east monsoon (June-July) and intermonsoon periods (November-December). The region is very oligotrophic, characterized by very low nutrient concentrations (surface NO sub(3)<0.5 µM), low phytoplankton biomass (PON similar to 0.85 µmoll super(- 1)) and predominance of regenerated production (maximum f -ratio <0.47). Ammonium was the major nitrogen substrate during the two seasons, supplying 53-99% of the phytoplankton's nitrogen requirement. Nevertheless, both the uptake of nitrate and its relative contribution to total nitrogen removal (f -ratio) were significantly higher during the intermonsoon period... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=1951 |
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