Carbon cycling in the upper waters of the Sargasso Sea: I. Numerical simulation of differential carbon and nitrogen fluxes

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 205-269

  Bissett, W P ^a,b   Walsh, J J ^a   Dieterle, D A ^a   Carder, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Florida Environmental Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CHROMOPHYCOTA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033082597     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(98)00062-4     Document Type: Article

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