Denitrification can be recognized using N* (Gruber and Sarmiento, 1997): based on N:P ratio for nitrification and denitrification.
Values greater than zero indicate nitrogen fixation.
Values less than zero indicate denitrification.
Consider N* and the N:P ratio in the Japan/East, Okhotsk and Bering Seas, as well as in the Pacific.
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