On the source of Gulf Stream nutrients

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Palter, Jaime B ^a,b   Lozier, M Susan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINE WATER;

ADVECTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROGRAPHY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MODE WATER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OVERTURN; SALINITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GULF STREAM;

EID: 51449098203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004611     Document Type: Article

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