The carbon budget of the Baltic Sea

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3219-3230

  Kulinski K ^a   Pempkowiak, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SINK; HETEROTROPHY; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 80855139186     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-3219-2011     Document Type: Article

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