The importance of continental margins in the global carbon cycle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Muller Karger, Frank E ^a   Varela, Ramon ^b   Thunell, Robert ^c   Luerssen, Remy ^a   Hu, Chuanmin ^a   Walsh, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FUNDACIÓN LA SALLE DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SATELLITES; SEDIMENTS;

DEEP OCEAN SEDIMENTS; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON (POC); SEAFLOOR;

CARBON;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 16344362542     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021346     Document Type: Article

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