Nutrient trapping in the equatorial Pacific: The ocean circulation solution

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 351-369

  Aumont, O ^a   Orr, J C ^a   Monfray, P ^a   Madec, G ^b   Maier Reimer, E ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CIRCULATION MODELING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032748861     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GB900012     Document Type: Article

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