A numerical simulation study of dissolved organic carbon accumulation in the northern Adriatic Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Polimene, L ^a   Pinardi, N ^b   Zavatarelli, M ^a   Allen, J I ^c   Giani, M ^d   Vichi, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d Istituto Centrale per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica   (Italy)

^e CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL ZONES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

ACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COASTAL ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34249780555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003529     Document Type: Article

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