Nutrients, organic carbon and organic nitrogen in the upper water column of the Arctic Ocean: Implications for the sources of dissolved organic carbon

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1571-1575

  Wheeler, P A ^a   Watkins, J M ^a   Hansing, R L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; NITROGEN;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0031429939     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(97)00051-9     Document Type: Article

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