Hydrography, nutrients, and carbon pools in the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean: Implications for carbon flux

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C4, 2001, Pages 7107-7124

  Daly, Kendra L ^a,b,j   Smith Jr , Walker O ^c   Johnson, Gregory C ^d,k   DiTullio, Giacomo R ^e   Jones, David R ^e,f   Mordy, Calvin W ^g   Feely, Richard A ^d,k   Hansell, Dennis A ^h,i   Zhang, Jia Zhong ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^d Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory   (United States)

^e School of Business   (United States)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^k NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; HYDROGRAPHY; NUTRIENT; POLAR REGION;

PACIFIC SECTOR; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0034943338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000090     Document Type: Article

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