Large 210Po deficiency in the northern South China Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1209-1224

  Chung, Y ^a   Wu, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

210Po deficiency; Northern South China Sea; Organic particulates; Particulate scavenging; Plankton biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; POLONIUM ISOTOPE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 17844379278     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2004.12.016     Document Type: Article

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