Dissolved and particulate organic carbon and nitrogen in the Northwestern Mediterranean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 511-527

  Doval, M D ^a   Pérez, Fiz F ^a   Berdalet, Elisa ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0033105206     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(98)00072-7     Document Type: Article

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