Carbonate chemistry dynamics of surface waters in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-351

  Keul, Nina ^a,d   Morse, John W ^a   Wanninkhof, Rik ^b   Gledhill, Dwight K ^b,c   Bianchi, Thomas S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aragonite saturation state; Gulf of Mexico; Mississippi Atchafalaya Rivers; Ocean acidification

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; ARAGONITE; CARBON CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; FUGACITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; SALINITY; SATURATION; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATER;

ATCHAFALAYA BAY; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL); CARIBBEAN SEA; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951975290     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: 15731421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10498-010-9091-2     Document Type: Article

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