On the relation between organic and inorganic carbon in the Weddell Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 59-76

  Wedborg, Margareta ^a   Hoppema, Mario ^b   Skoog, Annelie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Carbon cycling; Fluorescent organic matter; Humic substances; Inorganic carbon; Organic carbon; Weddell Sea

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; INORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0032437647     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(98)00029-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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