Inorganic carbon speciation and fluxes in the Congo River

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 511-516

  Wang, Zhaohui Aleck ^a   Bienvenu, Dinga Jean ^b   Mann, Paul J ^c   Hoering, Katherine A ^a   Poulsen, John R ^d   Spencer, Robert G M ^c   Holmes, Robert M ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Physics and Hydrology Groupe de Recherche en Sciences Exactes et Naturelles GRSEN DGRST   (Congo)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alkalinity; carbon dioxide; carbon fluxes; Congo River; inorganic carbon; pH

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CARBON; CARBONATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH; RIVERS; TITRATION;

CARBON FLUXES; CARBONATE SPECIES; CARBONIC ACIDS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; INORGANIC CARBON; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOTAL ALKALINITIES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ALKALINITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; INORGANIC CARBON; PH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

BRAZZAVILLE; CONGO; CONGO RIVER; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; KINSHASA; VILLE DE KINSHASA;

EID: 84878182854     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50160     Document Type: Article

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