Acidification of Lower St. Lawrence estuary bottom waters

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 206-218

  Mucci, Alfonso ^a   Starr, Michel ^b   Gilbert, Denis ^b   Sundby, Bjorn ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Acidification; Metabolic CO 2; Oxygen depletion; St. Lawrence Estuary

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ESTUARY; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PH; RESPIRATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

EID: 84055211876     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2011.599265     Document Type: Article

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