Oxygen consumption in the water column and sediments of the northern Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 123, Issue , 2013, Pages 46-53

  McCarthy, Mark J ^a   Carini, Stephen A ^a   Liu, Zhanfei ^a   Ostrom, Nathaniel E ^b   Gardner, Wayne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of Mexico; Hypoxia; Membrane inlet mass spectrometry; Oxygen; Respiration; Sediments

Indexed keywords

HYPOXIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE; MIXING; NUTRIENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION; SEDIMENT; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84876325905     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.02.019     Document Type: Article

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