Organic carbon and nutrient fluxes to the coastal zone from the Sepik River outflow

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 283-301

  Burns, Kathryn A ^a   Brunskill, Gregg ^a   Brinkman, Diane ^a   Zagorskis, Irena ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon and nutrient fluxes; Carbon cycling; Mass balance; Papua new guinea; Sediment traps; Sepik river

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EL NINO; ORGANIC CARBON; OUTFLOW; RIVER DISCHARGE;

AFRICA; BISMARCK SEA; CORAL SEA; GUINEA; GULF OF PAPUA; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SEPIK RIVER; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 37849052757     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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