Seasonal dynamics of the carbonate system in the Western English Channel

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 30-40

  Kitidis, Vassilis ^a   Hardman Mountford, Nicholas J ^a   Litt, Emmer ^a   Brown, Ian ^a   Cummings, Denise ^a   Hartman, Sue ^b   Hydes, David ^b   Fishwick, James R ^a   Harris, Carolyn ^a   Martinez Vicente, Victor ^a   Woodward, E Malcolm S ^a   Smyth, Timothy J ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Carbon dioxide; Coastal zone; English channel; Ocean Acidification; PH

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBONATE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; GROWTH RATE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NITROGEN; OCEANOGRAPHY; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

EID: 84861788310     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.04.012     Document Type: Article

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