The seasonal pCO2 cycle at 49°N/16.5°W in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and what it tells us about biological productivity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Kortzinger A ^a   Send, U ^b   Lampitt, R S ^c   Hartman, S ^c   Wallace, D W R ^a   Karstensen, J ^a   Villagarcia, M G ^d   Llinas O ^d   DeGrandpre, M D ^e  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEEP MIXING METHOD; MIXED LAYER; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 46849108498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004347     Document Type: Article

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