A high resolution study of surface layer hydrographic and biogeochemical properties between Chesapeake Bay and Bermuda

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-16

  Bates, Nicholas R ^a   Hansell, Dennis A ^a  

^a BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

Gulf Stream; Inorganic carbon; Middle Atlantic Bight; Organic carbon; Organic nitrogen; Sargasso Sea

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; HYDROGRAPHY; SURFACE LAYER; TRANSECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032826186     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(99)00045-6     Document Type: Article

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