Seasonal and inter-annual variability in alkalinity in Liverpool Bay (53.5° N, 3.5° W) and in major river inputs to the North Sea

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 321-333

  Hydes, David J ^a   Hartman, Susan E ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Elbe; Liverpool Bay; Mersey; Nutrients; Organic alkalinity; Rhine; Seasonality; Total alkalinity; Total dissolved inorganic carbon; Weser

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ELBE; LIVERPOOL BAY; MERSEY; RHINE; SEASONALITY; WESER;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DENITRIFICATION; NUTRIENTS; PH; SEAWATER;

RIVERS;

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; MARINE POLLUTION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENGLAND; LIVERPOOL BAY; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84861093167     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0503-7     Document Type: Article

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