Biogeochemical controls on distributions and fluxes of dissolved and particulate organic carbon in the Northern South China Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 14-15, 2007, Pages 1486-1503

  Hung, J J ^a   Wang, S M ^a   Chen, Y L ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AOU; Distributions; DOC and POC; Kuroshio; Northern South China Sea; Vertical fluxes

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHOSPHORUS; STOICHIOMETRY;

APPARENT OXYGEN UTILIZATION (AOU); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); ORGANIC CARBON CYCLING; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON (POC); VERTICAL FLUXES;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON FLUX; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; NUTRIENT BUDGET; OCEAN BASIN; PARTICULATE FLUX; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER PLUME; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; KUROSHIO REGION; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; ZHUJIANG;

EID: 34548399413     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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