Trace metal cycling in the surface water of the South China Sea: Vertical fluxes, composition, and sources

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1807-1820

  Ho, Tung Yuan ^a,b   Chou, Wen Chen ^c   Wei, Ching Ling ^d   Lin, Fei Jan ^d   Wong, George T F ^a,b   Lin, Hui Ling ^e  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GLOBAL OCEAN; MIXED LAYER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER; SEASONALITY; SURFACE WATER; TRACE METAL; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 77958059973     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.5.1807     Document Type: Article

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