New production along 140°W in the equatorial pacific during and following the 1992 El Nino event

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 4-6, 1996, Pages 1065-1093

  McCarthy, James J ^a   Garside, Chris ^b   Nevins, John L ^a   Barber, Richard T ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FIXATION; EL NINO; JGOFS; NEW PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 0030499221     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0645(96)00022-7     Document Type: Article

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