Benthic oxygen consumption rates during hypoxic conditions on the Oregon continental shelf: Evaluation of the eddy correlation method

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Reimers, Clare E ^a   Özkan Haller, H Tuba ^a   Berg, Peter ^b   Devol, Allan ^c   McCann Grosvenor, Kristina ^a   Sanders, Rhea D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; LEAD; MICROELECTRODES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; BOTTOM WATER; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONSUMPTION RATES; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; EDDY COMPONENTS; EDDY CORRELATION METHOD; EDDY CORRELATIONS; HYPOXIC CONDITION; INTERNAL WAVES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION RATE; OXYGEN FLUXES; RESPIRATION RATE; ROTATING COORDINATES; ROTATION METHODS; SEDIMENT PERMEABILITY; SUMMER UPWELLING; TEMPORAL SCALE; TURBULENT MIXING; WATER DEPTH;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

ADVECTION; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EDDY COVARIANCE; ELECTRODE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYPOXIA; LEAD ISOTOPE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OSCILLATION; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENT MIXING;

OREGON SHELF; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84857096749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007564     Document Type: Article

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