Distributions of oxygen, carbon, and respiratory activity in the deep layer of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and their implications for the carbon cycle

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2451-2465

  Savenkoff, C ^a   Vezina A F ^a   Packard, T T ^a   Silverberg, N ^a   Therriault, J C ^a   Chen, W ^b   Berube C ^c   Mucci, A ^d   Klein, B ^e   Mesple F ^e   Tremblay, J E ^e   Legendre, L ^e   Wesson, J ^d   Ingram, R G ^d  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; DEEP LAYER; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY ACTIVITY;

GULF OF ST LAWRENCE;

LAURENTIA;

EID: 0030440311     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f96-198     Document Type: Article

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