Factors influencing the acid-base (pH) balance in the Baltic Sea: A sensitivity analysis

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 280-295

  Omstedt, Anders ^a   Edman, Moa ^a   Anderson, Leif G ^a   Laudon, Hjalmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PH; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 78149301607     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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