Upper ocean carbon fluxes in the Atlantic Ocean: The importance of the POC: PIC ratio

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 4-1-4-17

  Koeve, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Biological pump; Carbon cycle; Corg:Cinorg ratio; Effective carbon export; Particle flux

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; INORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; UPPER OCEAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038035544     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001gb001836     Document Type: Article

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