Seasonal DOC accumulation in the Black Sea: A regional explanation for a general mechanism

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 193-205

  Cauwet, Gustave ^a   Déliat, Gaëlle ^a   Krastev, Anton ^b   Shtereva, Galina ^b   Becquevort, Sylvie ^c   Lancelot, Christiane ^c   Momzikoff, André ^d   Saliot, Alain ^e   Cociasu, Adriana ^f   Popa, Lucia ^f  

^a LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MARINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRIGORE ANTIPA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Black Sea; Carbohydrates; Carbon cycling; Danube; Dissolved organic carbon; Microbial loop; Mixing zone; Nutrients consumption; Productivity

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 0036802223     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(02)00064-6     Document Type: Article

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