Oligotrophic water conditions associated with organic matter regeneration support life and indicate pollution on the western side of Fernando de Noronha Island - NE, Brazil (3°S)

Abstract Oligotrophy has its basis in low inorganic nutrient availability and it is generally known that in equatorial waters inorganic nutrient availability is insufficient to sustain the richness of life observed in some special places at this latitude. Thus, the understanding of the organic disso...

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Main Authors: Elisabete de Santis Braga, Vitor Gonsalez Chiozzini, Gláucia Bueno Benedetti Berbel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-87592018000100073&lng=en&tlng=en