Methane and nitrous oxide in surface water along the North-West Passage, Arctic Ocean

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 80-86

  Kitidis, Vassilis ^a,b   Upstill Goddard, Robert C ^a   Anderson, Leif G ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic zone; Greenhouse effect; Methane; Nitrous oxide; Polar waters; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; REACTION KINETICS; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER PLUME; SEA ICE; SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMN;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; NORTHWEST PASSAGE;

EID: 77954762279     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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