Influence of seasonal monsoons on net community production and CO 2 in subtropical Hong Kong coastal waters

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 289-300

  Yuan, X C ^a,b   Yin, K ^c,d   Cai, W J ^e   Ho, A Y ^b   Xu, J ^b   Harrison, P J ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COASTAL WATER; DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HETEROTROPHY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MIXED LAYER; MONSOON; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; UPWELLING;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 79951526876     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-289-2011     Document Type: Article

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