Determining true particulate organic carbon: Bottles, pumps and methodologies

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 655-674

  Gardner, Wilford D ^a   Richardson, Mary Jo ^a   Carlson, Craig A ^b   Hansell, Dennis ^c   Mishonov, Alexey V ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON; FILTRATION; WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

METHODOLOGY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SAMPLING;

EID: 0037230058     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00589-1     Document Type: Article

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