Using triple isotopes of dissolved oxygen to evaluate global marine productivity

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 503-524

  Juranek, L W ^a   Quay, P D ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

biological pump; gross O2 production; in vitro and in situ comparisons; incubation based productivity; net primary production; organic carbon export; satellite based productivity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PUMPS; CARBON CYCLING; GLOBAL MARINES; GLOBAL OCEAN; IN-VITRO; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE PRODUCTIVITY; METHOD IMPROVEMENT; NATURAL TRACERS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OCEAN BASINS; REGIONAL SCALE;

ISOTOPES;

PRODUCTIVITY;

OXYGEN;

BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON CYCLE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GLOBAL OCEAN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OCEAN BASIN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRACER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; SEA;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPES;

EID: 84872343982     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-121211-172430     Document Type: Article

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