Water column organic carbon in a Pacific marginal sea (Strait of Georgia, Canada)

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Johannessen, S C ^a   Potentier, G ^a   Wright, C A ^a   Masson, D ^a   Macdonald, R W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

DOC; Organic carbon cycling; POC; Strait of Georgia; Water column

Indexed keywords

DOC; GEORGIA; LOCAL SOURCE; MARGINAL SEAS; MICROBIAL FOOD WEB; OPEN OCEAN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; POC; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER COLUMNS;

AQUACULTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

CARBON; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; PACIFIC OCEAN; SALINITY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARBON; PACIFIC OCEAN; SALINITY; SEASONS; SEAWATER;

EID: 61549142733     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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