Methane production, consumption, and air-sea exchange in the open ocean: An Evaluation based on carbon isotopic ratios

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-10

  Holmes, M Elizabeth ^a,b   Sansone, Francis J ^a,c   Rust, Teeri M ^a,c   Popp, Brian N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CONCENTRATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033755681     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GB001209     Document Type: Article

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