Temporal trends in apparent oxygen utilization in the upper pycnocline of the North Pacific: 1980-2000

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 139-147

  Emerson, Steven ^a   Watanabe, Yutaka W ^b   Ono, Tsuneo ^c   Mecking, Sabine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

AOU; North Pacific; Oxygen; Pycnocline; Subarctic; Subtropical

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; PYCNOCLINE; SALINITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; DEEP WATER VENTILATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER MASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 1942487823     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOCE.0000038323.62130.a0     Document Type: Article

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