New insights on the mineralization of dissolved organic matter in central, intermediate, and deep water masses of the northeast North Atlantic

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 681-696

  Alvarez Salgado X A ^a   Nieto Cid, M ^a   Alvarez M ^b   Perez F F ^a   Morin, P ^c   Mercier, H ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLOW MODELING; MINERALIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; WATER FLOW; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84875361008     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2013.58.2.0681     Document Type: Article

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