Impact of biogeochemical processes and environmental factors on the calcium carbonate saturation state in the Circumpolar Flaw Lead in the Amundsen Gulf, Arctic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Chierici, Melissa ^a,b   Fransson, Agneta ^a   Lansard, Bruno ^c   Miller, Lisa A ^d   Mucci, Alfonso ^c   Shadwick, Elizabeth ^e,f   Thomas, Helmuth ^e   Tremblay, J E ^g   Papakyriakou, Tim N ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEA ICE;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ARCTIC OCEAN; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CARBON DIOXIDE SYSTEM; CARBONATE IONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MIXED LAYER; SALINITY CHANGE; SATURATION STATE; VERTICAL MIXING;

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ARAGONITE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MELTWATER; MIXED LAYER; NITRATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLAR FRONT; RESPIRATION; SALINITY; SEA ICE; SULFUR; VERTICAL MIXING;

AMUNDSEN GULF; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 83655187549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007184     Document Type: Article

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