Effects of monsoons on the seasonal and spatial distributions of POC and chlorophyll in the Arabian Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 10-11, 1998, Pages 2103-2132

  Gundersen, Jan S ^a   Gardner, Wilford D ^a   Richardson, Mary Jo ^a   Walsh, Ian D ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL; MONSOON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0032415475     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(98)00065-4     Document Type: Article

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