Ocean deoxygenation in a warming world

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 199-229

  Keeling, Ralph F ^a   Körtzinger, Arne ^b   Gruber, Nicolas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Eutrophication; Global warming; Hypoxia; Ocean oxygen depletion; Oxygen cycle; Oxygen utilization; Stratification; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SEA WATER;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EUTROPHICATION; FAUNA; GLOBAL WARMING; HYPOXIA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STRATIFICATION; UPPER OCEAN; VENTILATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SEA;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; SEAWATER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84864384105     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163855     Document Type: Article

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