Chemical evidence of the changes of the Antarctic Bottom Water ventilation in the western Ross Sea between 1997 and 2003

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 639-652

  Rivaro, Paola ^a   Massolo, Serena ^a   Bergamasco, Andrea ^b   Castagno, Pasquale ^c   Budillon, Giorgio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctic Bottom Water; Dissolved oxygen; NO; PO4*; Ross Sea

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; ANTARCTICA; CHEMICAL EVIDENCES; CHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; CHEMICAL TRACERS; CONSERVATIVE TRACERS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONTENTS; HIGH SALINITY SHELF WATERS; HYDROGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS; MULTIPARAMETER ANALYSIS; REDFIELD RATIO; ROSS SEA; SHELF BREAK; SHELF EDGES; SHELF WATERS; WATER MASS;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER CONTENT;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROGRAPHY; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHATE; REDFIELD RATIO; RESEARCH VESSEL; SALINITY; SHELF BREAK; TRACER; VENTILATION;

ANTARCTICA; CAPE ADARE; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 77951173210     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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