Bacterioneuston control of air-water methane exchange determined with a laboratory gas exchange tank

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Upstill Goddard, Robert C ^a   Frost, Thomas ^a   Henry, Gordon R ^a   Franklin, Mark ^b   Murrell, J Colin ^b   Owens, Nicholas J P ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterioneuston; Gas exchange; Methane

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS EXCHANGE; METHANE;

VIBRIO;

EID: 1642411201     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gb002043     Document Type: Article

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