A model developed to analyze the environmental impacts of aquaculture and the productivity and ecological function of integrated aquaculture/agriculture systems was evaluated using sensitivity analysis and model validation methods. The validated model was used to identify priority areas for future research in integrated aquaculture/agriculture systems and to study the flow of nitrogen in these ...

Bulk nitrogen (N) isotope signatures have long been used to investigate organic N source and food web structure in aquatic ecosystems. This paper explores the use of compound-specific dN patterns of amino acids (dN-AA) as a new tool to examine source and processing history in non-living marine organic matter. We measured dN-AA distributions in plankton tows, sinking particulate organic matter (...

To obtain a comprehensive picture of the spatial distribution of water-soluble organic nitrogen (WSON) in marine aerosols, samples were collected during research cruises in the tropical and southern Atlantic Ocean and also in the southern Indian Ocean (Amsterdam Island) for a 1year period (2005). Samples were analyzed for both organic and inorganic forms of nitrogen, and the factors controlling...

The inventories and dynamics of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the surface water at Station ALOHA were analyzed from the Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) data set for the period 1989–1999. Euphotic zone, depthintegrated (0–175 m) concentrations of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), nitrogen (DON), and phosphorus (DOP) were temporally variable. In particular, during the period 1993–1999, concentra...

Mobility of dissolved organic matter (DOM) strongly affects the export of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) from soils to surface waters. To study the sorption and mobility of dissolved organic C and P (DOC, DOP) in soil, the pH-dependent sorption of DOM to samples from Ap, EB, and Bt horizons from a Danish agricultural Humic Hapludult was investigated and a kinetic model applicable in field-scal...