Biological pump and vertical mixing in the Southern Ocean: Their impact on atmospheric CO2

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 477-498

  Popova, Ekaterina E ^a   Ryabchenko, Vladimir A ^b   Fasham, Mike J R ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON DIOXIDE; PHYTOPLANKTON; VERTICAL MIXING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0033756059     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GB900090     Document Type: Article

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