Ethylene and methane in the upper water column of the subtropical Atlantic

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-91

  Seifert, Richard ^a   Delling, Nikolai ^a   Richnow, Hans Hermann ^a   Kempe, Stephan ^b   Hefter, Jens ^a   Michaelis, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantic; Ethylene; Methane; Sea air exchange

Indexed keywords

ETHENE; METHANE; UPPER OCEAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032997701     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006090917059     Document Type: Article

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