Dissolved inorganic carbon dynamics and air-sea carbon dioxide fluxes during coccolithophore blooms in the northwest European continental margin (northern Bay of Biscay)

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Suykens, K ^a   Delille, B ^a   Chou, L ^b   De Bodt, C ^b   Harlay, J ^a,b   Borges, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; BAY OF BISCAY; CARBON DIOXIDE FLUX; COCCOLITHOPHORES; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; DATA SETS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; GLOBAL OCEAN; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NET COMMUNITY PRODUCTIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; PHYTOPLANKTON PIGMENTS; REMOTE SENSING IMAGES;

ALGAE CONTROL; ALKALINITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEEDBACK; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OCEAN STRUCTURES; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REMOTE SENSING; SEAWATER EFFECTS;

BLOOMS (METAL);

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALGAL BLOOM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; COCCOLITH; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DATA SET; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PARTIAL PRESSURE; REMOTE SENSING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; EUROPE;

ALGAE; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 77957590927     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GB003730     Document Type: Article

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