Export of Pacific carbon through the Arctic Archipelago to the North Atlantic

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 806-816

  Shadwick, E H ^a   Thomas, H ^a   Gratton, Y ^b   Leong, D ^a   Moore, S A ^a   Papakyriakou, T ^c   Prowe, A E F ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Arctic archipelago; Inorganic carbon system; International polar year (IPY)

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ARCHIPELAGO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ESTIMATION METHOD; HALOCLINE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MELTWATER; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RESPIRATION; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATER; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79953737722     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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