Bulk particulate organic carbon in the East China Sea: Tidal influence and bottom transport

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-60

  Zhu, Zhuo Yi ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a,b   Wu, Ying ^a   Lin, Jing ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

China; Diel variation; East China Sea; East China Sea and Yellow Sea; Flux; Nepheloid layer; POC; Residence time

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ESTUARIES; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CHINA; DIEL VARIATIONS; EAST CHINA SEA AND YELLOW SEA; FLUX; NEPHELOID LAYERS; POC; RESIDENCE TIME;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON;

ASIA; CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE ESTUARY; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 33646504137     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2006.02.014     Document Type: Article

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