Seasonal variability of dissolved oxygen, percent oxygen saturation, and apparent oxygen utilization in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1593-1613

  Boyer, Tim ^a   Conkright, M E ^a   Levitus, Sydney ^a  

^a National Oceanic/Atmospheric Admin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033198004     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00021-7     Document Type: Article

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