An organic carbon budget for the Mississippi River turbidity plume and plume contributions to air-sea CO2 fluxes and bottom water hypoxia

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 579-597

  Green, Rebecca E ^a,e   Bianchi, Thomas S ^a,f   Dagg, Michael J ^b   Walker, Nan D ^c   Breed, Greg A ^d  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOTTOM WATER; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOOD WEB; HYPOXIA; NUTRIENT BUDGET; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER PLUME; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURBIDITY;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749631243     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02784284     Document Type: Article

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