Compartmental models of nitrogen cycling in tropical and temperate marine environments.

LaRoche, Julie and Harrison, W.G. (1987) Compartmental models of nitrogen cycling in tropical and temperate marine environments. Open Access Marine Ecology Progress Series, 38 . pp. 137-149.

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Abstract

Time-course measurements of 15N tracer kinetics in particulate organic and in N+4 pools
from tropical and temperate regions were used to test several compartmental models describing the
exchange of I5N tracer in microplankton communities. Several lines of evidence suggested the involvement of a third, dissolved pool, arbitrarily labelled dissolved organic nitrogen (DON). Although the kinetic patterns of tracer movement were different between the tropical statlons and the temperate one, the same 3-compartmental model in which PON and DON can exchange material only through the intermediate of NH: gave the best fit. Only the transfer coefficients were modified. Results show that
compartmental analysis is useful for the estimation of compartmental transfer rates and for testing the assumptions implicit in any given model.

Document Type: Article
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: Inter Research
Date Deposited: 18 Feb 2008 17:27
Last Modified: 04 May 2018 11:28
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/3463

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