Oxygen utilizatiuon and organic carbon remineralization in the upper water column of the Pacific Ocean

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-52

  Feely, Richard A ^a   Sabine, Christopher L ^a   Schlitzer, Reiner ^b   Bullister, John L ^a   Mecking, Sabine ^c   Greeley, Dana ^a  

^a NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorofluorocarbons; Organic carbon remineralization; Oxygen utilization

Indexed keywords

CFC; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REMINERALIZATION; TRACER; WATER COLUMN; CARBON CYCLE; UPPER OCEAN;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 1942519882     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOCE.0000038317.01279.aa     Document Type: Article

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