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Preferred term

n2 fixation

Definition

[Keiji Horikawa] N2 fixation is an important biological process that adds new nitrogen to oceans and plays a key role\ \ in modulating the oceanic nitrate inventory. However, it is not known how, when, and where N2\ \ fixation rates have varied in response to past climate changes. This study presents a new record of\ \ nitrogen isotopic composition (δ15N) over the last 83 kyr from a sediment core (KH02-4 SUP8) taken\ \ in the Sulu Sea in the western equatorial Pacific region; data allow the N2 fixation variability in\ \ the sea to be reconstructed...

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Entry terms

N2 fixating

Note

added as alternative label under nitrogen fixation

Creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0697

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Created 10/12/16, last modified 6/18/18

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