Impact of the Eastern Mediterranean Transient on the distribution of anthropogenic CO2 and first estimate of acidification for the Mediterranean Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Touratier, Franck ^a   Goyet, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Acidification; Anthropogenic carbon; Carbon chemistry; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; BIOLOGY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON; ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; CARBON CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN WATERS;

PH;

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATABASE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE POLLUTION; PH; RECONSTRUCTION; SEAWATER; TRACER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 78149321362     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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