The nutrient, salinity, and stable oxygen isotope composition of Bering and Chukchi Seas waters in and near the Bering Strait

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C6, 1997, Pages 12563-12573

  Cooper, Lee W ^a,b   Whitledge, Terry E ^c   Grebmeier, Jacqueline M ^a,b   Weingartner, Tom ^d  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOCLINE; INFLOW; NUTRIENT MAXIMUM; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SALINITY;

BERING SEA; BERING STRAIT; CHUKCHI SEA;

EID: 0030813723     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC00015     Document Type: Article

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