Organic carbon fluxes in the Atlantic and the Southern Ocean: Relationship to primary production compiled from satellite radiometer data

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 9-11, 2000, Pages 1961-1997

  Fischer, G ^a   Ratmeyer, V ^a   Wefer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0033919780     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00013-8     Document Type: Article

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