Biological and physical forcing of carbonate chemistry in an upwelling filament off northwest Africa: Results from a Lagrangian study

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Loucaides, Socratis ^a   Tyrrell, Toby ^a   Achterberg, Eric P ^a   Torres, Ricardo ^b   Nightingale, Philip D ^b   Kitidis, Vassilis ^b   Serret, Pablo ^c   Woodward, Malcolm ^b   Robinson, Carol ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHEMICAL PROCESS; COASTAL UPWELLING; COMBINED EFFECT; DEEP WATER; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DRIFTING BUOYS; INITIAL PH; LAGRANGIAN; MIXED LAYER; NITRATE UPTAKE; ORGANIC BASIS; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; PRIMARY PRODUCERS; SATURATION STATE; SURFACE OCEAN; UPWELLING FILAMENTS; UPWELLING SYSTEMS; WATER MASS;

CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE MINERALS; GLOBAL WARMING; PH; SULFUR; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ALKALINITY;

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; ARAGONITE; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COASTAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL ZONE; DEEP WATER; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DRIFTER; EXUDATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MIXED LAYER; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SURFACE WATER; UPWELLING; WATER MASS;

MAURITANIA;

EID: 84864698300     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GB004216     Document Type: Article

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