Distribution of methane in waters of the Okhotsk and western Bering Seas, and the area of the Kuril Islands

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 362, Issue , 1997, Pages 93-101

  Dafner, Evgeny ^a   Obzhirov, Anatoly ^b   Vereshzhagina, Olya ^b  

^a RUSSIAN FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES AND OCEANOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED GAS; METHANE;

BERING SEA; OKHOTSK SEA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION, KURIL ISLANDS;

EID: 0031395114     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003114031011     Document Type: Article

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