Sources of urea in arctic seas: Seasonal fast ice?

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 179, Issue , 1999, Pages 55-69

  Conover, R J ^a,b,d   Mumm, N ^b   Bruecker, P ^c,d   MacKenzie, S ^a,d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Break up; Carbon; Chlorophyll; Desalination; Fast ice; Freeze up; Melt; Nitrate; Phaeopigments; Total dissolved nitrogen; Urea

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; NITROGEN; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; UREA;

CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; RESOLUTE PASSAGE;

EID: 0033560973     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps179055     Document Type: Article

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