Time-series observation of dissolved inorganic carbon and nutrients in the northwestern North Pacific

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 967-982

  Kawakami, Hajime ^a   Honda, Makio C ^a   Wakita, Masahide ^a   Watanabe, Shuichi ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DIC; Northwestern North Pacific; Nutrients; Seasonal new production

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; NUTRIENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 36049030598     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-007-0081-y     Document Type: Article

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