Biogeochemical composition of natural sea ice brines from the Weddell Sea during early austral summer

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1809-1823

  Papadimitriou, S ^a   Thomas, D N ^a   Kennedy, H ^a   Haas, C ^b   Kuosa, H ^c   Krell, A ^b   Dieckmann, G S ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BRINE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MINERAL SYNTHESIS; PH; SALINITY; SEA ICE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 35348954867     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.5.1809     Document Type: Article

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