Excess of bottom-released methane in an Arctic shelf sea polynya in winter

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1692-1701

  Damm, Ellen ^a   Schauer, Ursula ^a   Rudels, Bert ^b   Haas, Christian ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Methane; Oceanic convection; Polynyas; Spitsbergen; Stable carbon isotopes; Storfjorden

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GAS EXCHANGE; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; OCEANIC CONVECTION; POLYNYA; RESUSPENSION; SALINITY; SEA ICE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER; WATER MASS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; STORFJORDEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34250159070     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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