Biological productivity along Line P in the subarctic northeast Pacific: In situ versus incubation-based methods

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Giesbrecht, Karina E ^a   Hamme, Roberta C ^a   Emerson, Steven R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; DIAPYCNAL MIXING; HIGH PRODUCTIVITY; IN-SITU; MASS BALANCE; MIXED LAYER; NET COMMUNITY PRODUCTIONS; NEW PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

PRODUCTIVITY;

ARGON; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; IRON; MASS BALANCE; MIXED LAYER; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; OXYGEN; STRATIFICATION; SUBARCTIC REGION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 84867073916     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GB004349     Document Type: Article

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