The marine inorganic carbon system along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts of the United States: Insights from a transregional coastal carbon study

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 325-342

  Wang, Zhaohui Aleck ^a   Wanninkhof, Rik ^b   Cai, Wei Jun ^c   Byrne, Robert H ^d   Hu, Xinping ^e   Peng, Tsung Hung ^b   Huang, Wei Jen ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; ARAGONITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; INORGANIC CARBON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PH; RIVER PLUME;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875355765     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2013.58.1.0325     Document Type: Article

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