Experimental determination of the organic carbon flux from open-ocean surface waters

Nature

Volumn 389, Issue 6654, 1997, Pages 951-954

  Emerson, S ^a   Quay, P ^a   Karl, D ^b   Winn, C ^b   Tupas, L ^b   Landry, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CARBON; CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER;

BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON CYCLE; EUPHOTIC ZONE; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; OCEAN SURFACE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON FLUX; PARTICULATE FLUX;

ARTICLE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MEASUREMENT; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

PACIFIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030657453     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/40111     Document Type: Article

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