Least-squares estimates of thorium, particle, and nutrient cycling rate constants from the JGOFS North Atlantic Bloom Experiment

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 239-258

  Murnane, R J ^a   Cochran, J K ^b   Buesseler, K O ^c   Bacon, M P ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ALGAL BLOOMS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; JGOFS; NORTH ATLANTIC BLOOM EXPERIMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENTS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RATE CONSTANT; REMINERALIZATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; THORIUM;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030075016     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0637(96)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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