Modelling of the seasonal patterns of dimethylsulphide production and fate during 1989 at a site in the North Sea

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 765-787

  Archer, Stephen D ^a   Gilbert, Francis J ^a   Allen, J Icarus ^a   Blackford, Jerry ^a   Nightingale, Philip D ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; MODELING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 4544326151     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F04-028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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