Variability of natural hypoxia and methane in a coastal upwelling system: Oceanic physics or shelf biology?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Monteiro, P M S ^a,b   Van Der Plas, A ^c   Mohrholz, V ^d   Mabille, E ^a   Pascall, A ^a   Joubert, W ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Environment   (Namibia)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; DECAY (ORGANIC); MARINE BIOLOGY; OXYGEN; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

HYPOXIC WATERS; ORGANIC MATTER DECAY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; METHANE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; UPWELLING;

EID: 33845637665     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026234     Document Type: Article

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