Towards recognition of physical and geochemical change in Subarctic and Arctic Seas

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 90, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 90-104

  Carmack, Eddy ^a   McLaughlin, Fiona ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC SEA; ARCTIC WATERS; BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION; CHEMICAL DATA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; GEOCHEMICAL CHANGES; ICE COVER; OCEAN PROPERTIES; OCEAN WARMING; ONGOING CHANGES; PAN-ARCTIC; UPPER LAYER; WATER MASS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ICE;

ACIDIFICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE COVER; MELTING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBARCTIC);

EID: 79956361125     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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