Differences in the biological carbon pump at three subtropical ocean sites

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2002, Pages

  Neuer, Susanne ^a   Davenport, Robert ^b   Freudenthal, Tim ^b   Wefer, Gerold ^b   Llinás, Octavio ^c   Rueda, Maria Jose ^c   Steinberg, Deborah K ^d   Karl, David M ^e  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas   (Spain)

^d VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

BIOLOGICAL COMPONENTS; EXPORT PRODUCTION; ORGANIC CARBON REMOVALS; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; SUBTROPICAL OCEAN;

ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 0242669986     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015393     Document Type: Article

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