Low oxygen and high inorganic carbon on the Vancouver Island Shelf

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Bianucci, L ^a,b   Denman, K L ^a,c,d   Ianson, D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CARBONATE MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOPHYSICAL MODEL; BOTTOM WATER; C:N RATIO; CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEMS; COASTAL CURRENTS; COASTAL OCEAN; COASTAL UPWELLING; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; HIGH PRODUCTIVITY; INORGANIC CARBON; KEY FEATURE; LOW OXYGEN; NEARSHORES; OFFSHORE WATER; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PH CONDITION; PHYSICAL MODEL; REGIONAL OCEAN MODELING SYSTEM; SATURATION STATE; SEDIMENT MODEL; SEVERE HYPOXIAS; SHELF WATERS; STATE VARIABLES; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; WIND DRIVEN UPWELLING;

OXYGEN;

ADVECTION; COASTAL WATER; DETRITUS; HYPOXIA; INORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; PARAMETERIZATION; PH; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; UPWELLING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; CANADA; PACIFIC OCEAN; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 79960492795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006720     Document Type: Article

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