Export flux of POC in the main stream of the Kuroshio

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Hung, Chin Chang ^a   Gong, Gwo Ching ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTS;

COMPLEMENTARY METHODS; EUPHOTIC ZONE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CARBON FLUX; FLUX MEASUREMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT TRAP;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 36549036227     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030236     Document Type: Article

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