A comparison of the variability of biological nutrients against depth and potential density

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1263-1269

  While, J ^a,b   Haines, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; DATA SET; INORGANIC SALT; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PYCNOCLINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 77958566634     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-1263-2010     Document Type: Article

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