Alkalinity changes in the Sargasso Sea: Geochemical evidence of calcification?

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 347-358

  Bates, Nicholas R ^a   Michaels, Anthony F ^a   Knap, Anthony H ^a  

^a BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CALCIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; SEAWATER CHEMISTRY; UPPER OCEAN;

ATLANTIC, SARGASSO SEA; SARGASSO SEA;

EID: 0029668219     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4203(95)00068-2     Document Type: Article

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