Vertical fluxes of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre near Hawaii

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C7, 1997, Pages 15667-15677

  Christian, James R ^a   Lewis, Marion R ^a   Karl, David M ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON CYCLE; GYRES; NUTRIENTS;

PACIFIC, ALOHA STATION;

EID: 0030721764     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC00369     Document Type: Article

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