Modeling the relative contributions of autotrophs and heterotrophs to carbon flow at a Lagrangian JGOFS station in the Northeast Atlantic: The importance of DOC

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 80-94

  Fasham, Michael J R ^a   Boyd, Philip W ^b   Savidge, Graham ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; CARBON BUDGET; HETEROTROPHY;

(NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032987081     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.1.0080     Document Type: Article

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