Measuring primary production rates in the ocean: Enigmatic results between incubation and non-incubation methods at Station ALOHA

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Quay, P D ^a   Peacock, C ^b   Bjrkman, K ^c   Karl, D M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS RATIO; MIXED LAYER; NET COMMUNITY PRODUCTIONS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN PRODUCTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION RATE;

DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; TIME SERIES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AUTOTROPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIXED LAYER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SUPERSATURATION; TIME SERIES;

ALOHA STATION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77955322204     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GB003665     Document Type: Article

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