East Siberian Sea, an Arctic region of very high biogeochemical activity

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1745-1754

  Anderson, L G ^a   Bjork G ^a   Jutterstrom S ^a,b   Pipko, I ^c   Shakhova, N ^c,d   Semiletov, I ^c,d   Wahlstrm I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c IL ICHEV PACIFIC OCEANOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOTTOM WATER; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; FUGACITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PH; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RUNOFF; SATURATION; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SURFACE WATER; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EAST SIBERIAN SEA; LAPTEV SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79951617864     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-1745-2011     Document Type: Article

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