Anthropogenic carbon and water masses in the bay of Biscay;Carbono antropogénico y masas de agua en el golfo de Vizcaya

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 38, Issue 1 B, 2012, Pages 191-207

  Castano Carrera M ^a   Pardo, P C ^a   Alvarez M ^b   Lavin A ^c   Rodriguez C ^c   Carballo, R ^b   Rios A F ^a   Perez F F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña   (Spain)

^c Centro Oceanográfico de Santander   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic carbon; Bay of biscay; ENACW; OMP; Water masses

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

EID: 84861988507     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v38i1b.1820     Document Type: Article

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