Dynamic seasonal cycling of inorganic carbon downstream of South Georgia, Southern Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 59-60, Issue , 2012, Pages 25-35

  Jones, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Bakker, Dorothee C E ^a   Venables, Hugh J ^c   Watson, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Iron fertilisation; Scotia Sea; South Georgia; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON UPTAKE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; FERTILISATION; GEORGIA; INORGANIC CARBON; MARINE CARBON CYCLE; MASS EFFECTS; NATURAL IRON; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; SCOTIA SEA; SEASONAL CHANGES; SOUTH GEORGIA; SOUTHERN ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT FRONT; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SUB-SURFACES;

BLOOMS (METAL); CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; SURFACE WATERS;

CARBON;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALGAL BLOOM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; FUGACITY; INORGANIC CARBON; IRON; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; GEORGIA BASIN; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTH GEORGIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE;

EID: 84855915088     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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