Marine hypoxia/anoxia as a source of CH 4 and N 2O

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2159-2190

  Naqvi, S W A ^a,b   Bange, H W ^c   FarA As L ^d   Monteiro, P M S ^e   Scranton, M I ^f   Zhang, J ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BOTTOM WATER; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; EMISSION; EUTROPHICATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOXIA; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEEPAGE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLACK SEA; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 78650325027     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-2159-2010     Document Type: Review

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