Accelerated oxygen consumption in eastern Mediterranean deep waters following the recent changes in thermohaline circulation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Klein, Birgit ^a   Roether, Wolfgang ^a   Kress, Nurit ^b   Manca, Beniamino Bruno ^c   Ribera d'Alcala, Maurizio ^d   Souvermezoglou, Ekaterini ^e   Theocharis, Alexander ^e   Civitarese, Giuseppe ^f   Luchetta, Anna ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^d STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^f Istituto Talassografico   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mediterranean; Oxygen consumption; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER MASS;

(EAST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0345907927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001454     Document Type: Article

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