Prof Michael Krom

Professor of Marine & Environmental Chemistry

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 35213
Email address: M.D.Krom@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 9.149

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CYCLOPS

Earth and Biosphere Institute

Publications

• Shi ZB; Woodhouse MT; Carslaw KS; Krom MD; Mann GW; Baker AR; Savov I; Fones GR; Brooks B; Drake N; Jickells TD; Benning LG (2011) Minor effect of physical size sorting on iron solubility of transported mineral dust, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 11, pp.8459-8469. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-8459-2011
• Nenes A; Krom MD; Mihalopoulos N; Van Cappellen P; Shi Z; Bougiatioti A; Zarmpas P; Herut B (2011) Atmospheric acidification of mineral aerosols: a source of bioavailable phosphorus for the oceans, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 11, pp.6265-6272. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-6265-2011
• Shi Z; Krom MD; Bonneville S; Baker AR; Bristow C; Drake N; Mann G; Carslaw K; McQuaid JB; Jickells T; Benning LG (2011) Influence of chemical weathering and aging of iron oxides on the potential iron solubility of Saharan dust during simulated atmospheric processing, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 25, .
• Nenes A; Krom MD; Mihalopoulos N; Van Cappellen P; Shi Z; Bougiatioti A; Zarmpas P; Herut B (2011) Atmospheric acidification of mineral aerosols: A source of bioavailable phosphorus for the oceans, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 11, pp.6163-6185.
• Shi Z; Krom MD; Bonneville S; Baker AR; Bristow C; Drake N; Mann G; Carslaw K; McQuaid JB; Jickells T; Benning LG (2011) Influence of chemical weathering and aging of iron oxides on the potential iron solubility of Saharan dust during simulated atmospheric processing, GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES, 25, . doi: 10.1029/2010GB003837
• Shi ZB; Woodhouse MT; Carslaw KS; Krom MD; Mann GW; Baker AR; Savov I; Fones G; Brooks B; Jickells TD; Benning LG (2011) Minor effect of physical size sorting on iron solubility of transported mineral dust, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 11, pp.14309-14338.
• Shi Z; Bonneville S; Krom MD; Carslaw KS; Jickells TD; Baker AR; Benning LG (2011) Iron dissolution kinetics of mineral dust at low pH during simulated atmospheric processing, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 11, pp.995-1007. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-995-2011
• Box MR; Krom MD; Cliff RA; Bar-Matthews M; Almogi-Labin A; Ayalon A; Paterne M (2011) Response of the Nile and its catchment to millennial-scale climatic change since the LGM from Sr isotopes and major elements of East Mediterranean sediments, QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, 30, pp.431-442. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.12.005
• Palmer-Felgate EJ; Mortimer RJG; Krom MD; Jarvie HP; Williams RJ; Spraggs RE; Stratford CJ (2011) Internal loading of phosphorus in a sedimentation pond of a treatment wetland: Effect of a phytoplankton crash, Science of the Total Environment, 409, pp.2222-2232.
• Palmer-Felgate EJ; Mortimer RJG; Krom MD; Jarvie HP; Williams RJ; Spraggs RE; Stratford CJ (2011) Internal loading of phosphorus in a sedimentation pond of a treatment wetland: Effect of a phytoplankton crash, SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 409, pp.2222-2232. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.02.034
• Krom MD (2011) Insights on nitrogen balance in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 13, pp.851-853. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02404.x
• Krom MD; Emeis K; Van Cappellen P (2010) Why is the Eastern Mediterranean phosphorus limited?, PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 85, pp.236-244. doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2010.03.003
• Shi Z; Bonneville S; Krom MD; Carslaw KS; Jickells TD; Baker AR; Benning LG (2010) Iron dissolution kinetics of mineral dust at low pH during simulated atmospheric processing, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 10, pp.26607-26640.
• Palmer-Felgate EJ; Mortimer RJG; Krom MD; Jarvie HP (2010) Impact of Point-Source Pollution on Phosphorus and Nitrogen Cycling in Stream-Bed Sediments, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 44, pp.908-914. doi: 10.1021/es902706r
• Krom MD; Carbo P; Clerici S; Cundy AB; Davies IM (2009) Sources and timing of trace metal contamination to sediments in remote sealochs, NW Scotland, ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE, 83, pp.239-251. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.03.028
• Bottrell SH; Mortimer RJG; Davies IM; Harvey SM; Krom MD (2009) Sulphur cycling in organic-rich marine sediments from a Scottish fjord, SEDIMENTOLOGY, 56, pp.1159-1173. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.01024.x
• Palmer-Felgate EJ; Jarvie HP; Withers PJA; Mortimer RJG; Krom MD (2009) Stream-bed phosphorus in paired catchments with different agricultural land use intensity, AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT, 134, pp.53-66. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.05.014
• Shi Z; Krom MD; Bonneville S; Baker AR; Jickells TD; Benning LG (2009) Formation of Iron Nanoparticles and Increase in Iron Reactivity in Mineral Dust during Simulated Cloud Processing, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 43, pp.6592-6596. doi: 10.1021/es901294g
• Bottrell SH; Mortimer RJG; Spence M; Krom MD; Clark JM; Chapman PJ (2007) Insights into redox cycling of sulfur and iron in peatlands using high-resolution diffusive equilibrium thin film (DET) gel probe sampling, CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, 244, pp.409-420. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.06.028
• Tanaka T; Zohary T; Krom MD; Law CS; Pitta P; Psarra S; Rassoulzadegan F; Thingstad TF; Tselepides A; Woodward EMS; Flaten GAF; Skjoldal EF; Zodiatis G (2007) Microbial community structure and function in the Levantine Basin of the eastern Mediterranean, DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS, 54, pp.1721-1743. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.06.008
• Neori A; Krom MD; van Rijn J (2007) Biogeochemical processes in intensive zero-effluent marine fish culture with recirculating aerobic and anaerobic biofilters, JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY, 349, pp.235-247. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.05.023
• Thingstad TF; Law CS; Krom MD; Mantoura RFC; Pitta P; Psarra S; Rassoulzadegan F; Tanaka T; Wassmann P; Riser CW; Zohary T (2006) Response to comment on "Nature of phosphorus limitation in the ultraoligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean", SCIENCE, 312, . doi: 10.1126/science.1126408
• Thingstad TF; Krom MD (2006) Response to Comment by Hale and Rivkin on "Nature of P Limitation in the ultraoligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean.", Science, 5781, .
• Flaten GAF; Skjoldal EF; Krom MD; Law CS; Mantoura RFC; Pitta P; Psarra S; Tanaka T; Tselepides A; Woodward EMS; Zohary T; Thingstad TF (2005) Studies of the microbial P-cycle during a Lagrangian phosphate-addition experiment in the Eastern Mediterranean, DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 52, pp.2928-2943. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2005.08.010
• Zohary T; Herut B; Krom MD; Mantoura RFC; Pitta P; Psarra S; Rassoulzadegan F; Stambler N; Tanaka T; Thingstad TF; Woodward EMS (2005) P-limited bacteria but N and P co-limited phytoplankton in the Eastern Mediterranean - a microcosm experiment, DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 52, pp.3011-3023. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2005.08.011
• Krom MD (2005) CYCLOPS dedicated volume - Preface, DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 52, pp.2877-2878. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2005.09.001
• Krom MD (2005) CYCLOPS dedicated volume, Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 52, pp.2877-2878.
• Thingstad TF; Krom MD; Mantoura RFC; Flaten GAF; Groom S; Herut B; Kress N; Law CS; Pasternak A; Pitta P; Psarra S; Rassoulzadegan F; Tanaka T; Tselepides A; Wassmann P; Woodward EMS; Riser CW; Zodiatis G; Zohary T (2005) Nature of phosphorus limitation in the ultraoligotrophic eastern Mediterranean, SCIENCE, 309, pp.1068-1071. doi: 10.1126/science.1112632
• Herut B; Zohary T; Krom MD; Mantoura RFC; Pitta P; Psarra S; Rassoulzadegan F; Tanaka T; Thingstad TF (2005) Response of East Mediterranean surface water to Saharan dust: On-board microcosm experiment and field observations, DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 52, pp.3024-3040. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2005.09.003
• Krom MD; Wassmann P; Zohary T (2005) On the nature of phosphorus cycling and limitation in the Eastern Mediterranean, Deep Sea Research : Part II, 52, pp.2877-3108.
• Karakassis I; Pitta P; Krom MD (2005) Contribution of fish farming to the nutrient loading of the Mediterranean, SCIENTIA MARINA, 69, pp.313-321.
• Carbo P; Krom MD; Homoky WB; Benning LG; Herut B (2005) Impact of atmospheric deposition on N and P geochemistry in the southeastern Levantine basin, DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 52, pp.3041-3053. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2005.08.014
• Krom MD; Thingstad TF; Brenner S; Carbo P; Drakopoulos P; Fileman TW; Flaten GAF; Groom S; Herut B; Kitidis V; Kress N; Law CS; Liddicoat MI; Mantoura RFC; Pasternak A; Pitta P; Polychronaki T; Psarra S; Rassoulzadegan K; Skjoldal EF; Spyres G; Tanaka T; Tselepides A; Wassmann P; Riser CW; Woodward EMS; Zodiatis G; Zohary T (2005) Summary and overview of the CYCLOPS P addition Lagrangian experiment in the Eastern Mediterranean, DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 52, pp.3090-3108. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2005.08.018
• Krom MD; Woodward EMS; Herut B; Kress N; Carbo P; Mantoura RFC; Spyres G; Thingstad TF; Wassmann P; Wexels-Riser C; Kitidis V; Law CS; Zodiatis G (2005) Nutrient cycling in the south east Levantine basin of the eastern Mediterranean: Results from a phosphorus starved system, DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 52, pp.2879-2896. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2005.08.009
• Psarra S; Zohary T; Krom MD; Mantoura RFC; Polychronaki T; Stambler N; Tanaka T; Tselepides A; Thingstad TF (2005) Phytoplankton response to a Lagrangian phosphate addition in the Levantine Sea (Eastern Mediterranean), DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 52, pp.2944-2960. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2005.08.015
• Groom S; Herut B; Brenner S; Zodiatis G; Psarra S; Kress N; Krom MD; Law CS; Drakopoulos P (2005) Satellite-derived spatial and temporal biological variability in the Cyprus Eddy, DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 52, pp.2990-3010. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2005.08.019
• Krom MD (2004) Oceans, In: Holden J (Ed) An introduction to physical geography and the environment, Prentice Hall, pp.118-139.
• Krom MD (2004) Plate tectonics, In: Holden J (Ed) An introduction to physical geography and the environment, Prentice Hall, pp.97-116.
• Poulton SW; Krom MD; Raiswell R (2004) A revised scheme for the reactivity of iron (oxyhydr)oxide minerals towards dissolved sulfide, GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, 68, pp.3703-3715. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2004.03.012
• Krom MD; Herut B; Mantoura RFC (2004) Nutrient budget for the Eastern Mediterranean: Implications for phosphorus limitation, LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY, 49, pp.1582-1592.
• Mortimer RJG; Harris SJ; Krom MD; Freitag TE; Prosser JI; Barnes J; Anschutz P; Hayes PJ; Davies IM (2004) Anoxic nitrification in marine sediments, MARINE ECOLOGY-PROGRESS SERIES, 276, pp.37-51. doi: 10.3354/meps276037
• Krom MD; Groom S; Zohary T (2003) The Eastern Mediterranean, In: Black KD; Shimmield GB (Ed) The Biogeochemistry of Marine Systems, Biological Sciences Series, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, pp.91-126.
• Gelfand I; Barak Y; Even-Chen Z; Cytryn E; van Rijn J; Krom MD; Neori A (2003) A novel zero discharge intensive Seawater recirculating system for the culture of marine fish, JOURNAL OF THE WORLD AQUACULTURE SOCIETY, 34, pp.344-358. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.2003.tb00072.x
• Stanley JD; Krom MD; Cliff RA; Woodward JC (2003) Short contribution: Nile flow failure at the end of the old kingdom, Egypt: Strontium isotopic and petrologic evidence, GEOARCHAEOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, 18, pp.395-402. doi: 10.1002/gea.10065
• Barak Y; Cytryn E; Gelfand I; Krom MD; Van Rijn J (2003) Phosphorus removal in a marine prototype, recirculating aquaculture system, Aquaculture, 220, pp.313-326. doi: 10.1016/S0044-8486(02)00342-3
• Poulton SW; Krom MD; Van Rijn J; Raiswell R; Bows R (2003) Detection and removal of dissolved hydrogen sulphide in flow-through systems via the sulphidation of hydrous iron (III) oxides, ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY, 24, pp.217-229.
• Zhang H; Davison W; Mortimer RJG; Krom MD; Hayes PJ; Davies IM (2002) Localised remobilization of metals in a marine sediment, SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 296, pp.175-187. doi: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00078-5
• Pan G; Krom MD; Herut B (2002) Adsorption-desorption of phosphate on airborne dust and riverborne particulates in East Mediterranean seawater, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 36, pp.3519-3524. doi: 10.1021/es020516d
• Mortimer RJG; Krom MD; Harris SJ; Hayes PJ; Davies IM; Davison W; Zhang H (2002) Evidence for suboxic nitrification in recent marine sediments, MARINE ECOLOGY-PROGRESS SERIES, 236, pp.31-35. doi: 10.3354/meps236031
• Poulton SW; Krom MD; Van Rijn J; Raiswell R (2002) The use of hydrous iron (III) oxides for the removal of hydrogen sulphide in aqueous systems, WATER RESEARCH, 36, pp.825-834. doi: 10.1016/S0043-1354(01)00314-1
• Krom MD; Mortimer RJG; Poulton SW; Hayes P; Davies IM; Davison W; Zhang H (2002) In-situ determination of dissolved iron production in recent marine sediments, AQUATIC SCIENCES, 64, pp.282-291. doi: 10.1007/s00027-002-8072-y
• Herut B; Collier R; Krom MD (2002) The role of dust in supplying nitrogen and phosphorus to the South East Mediterranean, Limnology and Oceanography, 47, pp.870-878.
• Krom MD; Stanley JD; Cliff RA; Woodward JC (2002) Nile River sediment fluctuations over the past 7000 yr and their key role in sapropel development, GEOLOGY, 30, pp.71-74. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0071:NRSFOT>2.0.CO;2
• Goldsmith SL; Krom MD; Sandler A; Herut B (2001) Spatial trends in the chemical composition of sediments on the continental shelf and slope off the Mediterranean coast of Israel, CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH, 21, pp.1879-1900. doi: 10.1016/S0278-4343(01)00027-9
• Struck U; Emeis KC; Voss M; Krom MD; Rau GH (2001) Biological productivity during sapropel S5 formation in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: Evidence from stable isotopes of nitrogen and carbon, GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, 65, pp.3249-3266. doi: 10.1016/S0016-7037(01)00668-8
• Herut B; Nimmo M; Medway A; Chester R; Krom MD (2001) Dry atmospheric inputs of trace metals at the Mediterranean coast of Israel (SE Mediterranean): sources and fluxes, ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, 35, pp.803-813. doi: 10.1016/S1352-2310(00)00216-8
• Krom MD; Neori A; Van Rijn J; Poulton SW; Davies IM (2001) Environmentally friendly marine farming, Ocean Challenge, 10, pp.22-27.
• Mortimer RJG; Hayes P; Krom MD; Davies IM (2000) Direct evidence of geochemical recycling within sedimentary biogeochemical zones, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), Copenhagen, Denmark, pp.SS42-12.
• Mortimer RJG; Hayes P; Krom MD; Davies IM; Davison W; Zhang H; Phillips CJ; Prosser JI (2000) A new conceptual model for microbial processes in sediments, SET 2000 Special reception for young researchers, House of Commons, London, .
• Eijsink LM; Krom MD; Herut B (2000) Speciation and burial flux of phosphorus in the surface sediments of the eastern Mediterranean, American Journal of Science, 300, pp.483-504.
• Nishri A; Stiller M; Rimmer A; Geifman Y; Krom MD (1999) Lake Kinneret (The Sea of Galilee): the effects of diversion of external salinity sources and the probable chemical composition of the internal salinity sources, Chemical Geology, 158, pp.37-52.
• Pan G; Liss PE; Krom MD (1999) Particle concentration effect and adsorption reversibility, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 151, pp.127-133.
• Krom MD; Cliff RA; Eijsink LM; Herut B; Chester R (1999) The characterisation of Saharan dusts and Nile particulate matter in surface sediments from the Levantine basin using Sr isotopes, MARINE GEOLOGY, 155, pp.319-330. doi: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00130-3
• Krom MD; Michard A; Cliff RA; Strohle K (1999) Sources of sediment to the Ionian Sea and western Levantine basin of the Eastern Mediterranean during S-1 sapropel times, MARINE GEOLOGY, 160, pp.45-61. doi: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00015-8
• Mortimer RJG; Davey JT; Krom MD; Watson PG; Frickers PE; Clifton RJ (1999) The effect of macrofauna on porewater profiles and nutrient fluxes in the intertidal zone of the Humber Estuary, ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE, 48, pp.683-699. doi: 10.1006/ecss.1999.0479
• Herut B; Krom MD; Pan G; Mortimer RJG (1999) Atmospheric input of nitrogen and phosphorus to the Southeast Mediterranean: sources, fluxes and possible impact, Limnology and Oceanography, 44, pp.1683-1692.
• Mortimer RJG; Krom MD; Boyle DR; Nishri A (1999) Use of a high-resolution pore-water gel profiler to measure groundwater fluxes at an underwater saline seepage site in Lake Kinneret, Israel, LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY, 44, pp.1802-1809.
• Mortimer RJG; Krom MD (1998) New insights into biogeochemical processes from DET probes, Mineralogical Magazine, 62A, pp.1028-1029.
• Mortimer RJG; Krom MD; Hall POJ; Hulth S; Stahl H (1998) Use of gel probes for the determination of high resolution solute distributions in marine and estuarine pore waters, MARINE CHEMISTRY, 63, pp.119-129. doi: 10.1016/S0304-4203(98)00055-3
• Mortimer RJG; Krom MD; Watson PG; Frickers PE; Davey JT; Clifton RJ (1998) Sediment-water exchange of nutrients in the intertidal zone of the Humber estuary, UK, MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN, 37, pp.261-279.
• Zohary T; Brenner S; Krom MD; Angel DL; Kress N; Li WKW; Neori A; Yacobi YZ (1998) Buildup of microbial biomass during deep winter mixing in a Mediterranean warm-core eddy, Marine Ecology - Progress Series, 167, pp.47-57.
• Strohle K; Krom MD (1997) Evidence for the evolution of an oxygen minimum layer at the beginning of S-1 sapropel deposition in the eastern Mediterranean, Marine Geology, 140, pp.231-236.
• Eijsink LM; Krom MD; de Lange GJ (1997) The use of sequential extraction techniques for sedimentary phosphorus in eastern Mediterranean sediments, Marine Geology, 139, pp.147-155.
• Eijsink LM; Krom MD; Cliff RA (1997) Proportion of Nile derived sediment vs. Saharan Dust in surface sediments from the Levantine basin as determined by 87Sr/86Sr ration, Proceedings of International Conference on progress in oceanography of the Mediterranean Sea, Rome, pp.279-281.
• Herut B; Krom MD (1996) Atmospheric input of nutrients and dust to the SE Mediterranean, In: Guerzoni S; Chester R (Ed) The impact of desert dust across the Mediterranean, Environmental Science and Technology Library, 11, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp.349-358.
• Ellner S; Neori A; Krom MD; Tsai K; Easterling MR (1996) Simulation model of recirculating mariculture ponds with seaweed biofilter: development and experimental tests of the model, Aquaculture, 143, pp.167-184.
• van Santvoort PJM; de Lange GJ; Thomson J; Cussen H; Wilson TRS; Krom MD; Strohle K (1996) Active post-depositional oxidation of the most recent sapropel (S1) in sediments of the Eastern Mediterranean, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 60, pp.4007-4024.
• Neori A; Krom MD; Ellner S; Boyd CE; Popper D; Rabinovitch R; Davison PJ; Dvir O; Zuber D; Ucko M; Angel DL; Gordin H (1996) Seaweed biofilters as regulators of water quality in integrated fish-seaweed culture units, Aquaculture, 141, pp.183-199.
• Herut B; Hornung H; Kress N; Krom MD; Shirav M (1996) Trace metals in sediments at the lower reaches of Mediterranean coastal rivers, Israel, Water Science and Technology, 32, .
• Krom MD; Mortimer RJG (1996) Report on work in Sea of Galilee, New Scientist, 152, pp.pp.6.
• Emeis K; Mara P; Schlarbaum T; Mobius J; Dahnke K; Struck U; Mihalopoulos N; Krom M (Not yet published) Isotope ratios of nitrate, dissolved reduced and particulate nitrogen in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea trace external N-inputs and internal N-cycling, Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, .