Eastern Equatorial Pacific productivity and related-CO2 changes since the last glacial period

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 5537-5541

  Calvo, Eva ^a   Pelejero, Carles ^a   Pena, Leopoldo D ^b   Cacho, Isabel ^c   Logan, Graham A ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Marine productivity; Molecular biomarkers; Paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON DIOXIDE; SILICIC ACID;

ATMOSPHERE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIATOM; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; GEOGRAPHY; GLACIAL PERIOD; HAPTOPHYTA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE PRODUCTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEA; SURFACE OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 79955013108     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1009761108     Document Type: Article

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