Mass, nutrient and oxygen budgets for the northeastern Atlantic Ocean

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 4099-4113

  Maze, G ^a   Mercier, H ^b   Thierry, V ^a   Memery, L ^b   Morin, P ^b   Perez, F F ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NUTRIENT BUDGET; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; SOLUBILITY; THERMOCLINE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); GREENLAND; IRMINGER SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA; PORTUGAL; REYKJANES RIDGE;

EID: 84867948502     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-4099-2012     Document Type: Article

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