Oceanic nutrient and oxygen transports and bound on export production during the World Ocean Circulation Experiment

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 5-1

  Ganachaud, Alexandre ^a   Wunsch, Carl ^b  

^a Institut de Recherche pour le Dev   (France)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycles; Export production; Nutrient cycles; Oxygen cycle

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OXYGEN;

EID: 0038752685     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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