Anthropogenic CO2 fluxes in the Otranto Strait (E. Mediterranean) in February 1995

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1103-1114

  Krasakopoulou, Evangelia ^a   Souvermezoglou, Ekaterini ^a   Goyet, Catherine ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic carbon; CO2; Dissolved inorganic carbon; Eastern Mediterranean; Otranto strait; Total alkalinity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON; CO2; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; OTRANTO STRAIT; TOTAL ALKALINITY;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PH;

ALKALINITY;

ALKALINITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEEP WATER; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; INTERMEDIATE WATER; MARINE POLLUTION; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; PH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

ADRIATIC SEA; IONIAN SEA; ITALY; LECCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OTRANTO; PUGLIA;

EID: 80052729162     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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