The carbon budget of the North Sea

Biogeosciences

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-96

  Thomas, H ^a   Bozec, Y ^b   De Baar, H J W ^b   Elkalay, K ^b   Frankignoulle, M ^c   Schiettecatte, L S ^c   Kattner, G ^d   Borges, A V ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 21844469481     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-2-87-2005     Document Type: Article

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