Turbulent nitrate fluxes in the Amundsen Gulf during ice-covered conditions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Bourgault, D ^a   Hamel, C ^b   Cyr, F ^a   Tremblay, J E ^c   Galbraith, P S ^d   Dumont, D ^a   Gratton, Y ^e  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION;

BACKGROUND VALUE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; NITRATE FLUXES; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; VERTICAL MIXING; VERTICAL PROFILE;

NITRATES;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; DIFFUSIVITY; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SAMPLING; TURBULENCE; VERTICAL MIXING; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH;

AMUNDSEN GULF; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 79961107846     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047936     Document Type: Article

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