Carbon export and sequestration in the southern Benguela upwelling system: Lower and upper estimates

Ocean Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 711-718

  Waldron, H N ^a   Monteiro, P M S ^a,b   Swart, N C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT;

EID: 79551527404     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-5-711-2009     Document Type: Article

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