Gas exchange, dispersion, and biological productivity on the west Florida shelf: Results from a Lagrangian tracer study

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1767-1770

  Wanninkhof, Rik ^a   Hitchcock, Gary ^b   Wiseman, William J ^c   Vargo, Gabe ^d   Ortner, Peter B ^a   Asher, William ^e   Ho, David T ^f   Schlosser, Peter ^f   Dickson, Mary Lynn ^g   Masserini, Robert ^d   Fanning, Kent ^d   Zhang, Jia Zhong ^a  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; HELIUM; MASS TRANSFER; METABOLISM; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VELOCITY; WIND; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; PRODUCTIVITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; CONCENTRATION RATIO; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GAS EXCHANGE; GAS TRANSFER; REMINERALIZATION RATE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; WEST FLORIDA SHELF;

GEOPHYSICS; GASES;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON CYCLE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DISPERSION; GAS EXCHANGE; TRACER; TRACERS;

ATLANTIC, FLORIDA SHELF;

AIR-SEA EXCHANGE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; CARBON INVENTORIES; CONCENTRATION RATIO; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; EMPIRICAL ESTIMATE; INORGANIC CARBON; REMINERALIZATION RATE;

EID: 0031187497     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01757     Document Type: Article

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