Biogeochemical processes as drivers of surface fCO2 in contrasting provinces in the subarctic North Pacific Ocean

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Chierici, Melissa ^a,b   Fransson, Agneta ^a,b   Nojiri, Yukihiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BIOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; THERMAL EFFECTS; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBARCTIC);

EID: 33646577850     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GB002356     Document Type: Article

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