Temporal and regional variability in sources and cycling of DOC and POC in the northwest Atlantic continental shelf and slope

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 4387-4419

  Bauer, James E ^a   Druffel, Ellen R M ^b   Wolgast, David M ^a,c   Griffin, Sheila ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COLLOIDS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ISOTOPES; WATER;

TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CARBON CYCLE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036396813     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00123-6     Document Type: Article

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