Decadal-scale chemical variability in the subtropical North Atlantic deduced from nutrient and oxygen data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C2, 1998, Pages 2817-2830

  Garcia, Hernan ^a,b   Cruzado, Antonio ^b   Gordon, Louis ^a   Escanez, Jose ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c Santa Cruz de Tenerife   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC;

EID: 0032520249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc03037     Document Type: Article

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