Interannual variability of carbon fluxes in the North Sea from 1970 to 2006 - Competing effects of abiotic and biotic drivers on the gas-exchange of CO 2

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 100, Issue , 2012, Pages 38-57

  Lorkowski, Ina ^a   Pätsch, Johannes ^a   Moll, Andreas ^a   Kühn, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological carbon pump; Carbon budget; ECOHAM; North Sea; Shelf pump; Solubility carbon pump

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUTROPHICATION; GAS EXCHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUROPE; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84858119047     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.11.037     Document Type: Article

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