Coralline algal Barium as indicator for 20th century northwestern North Atlantic surface ocean freshwater variability

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hetzinger, S ^a,b   Halfar, J ^a   Zack, T ^c,d   Mecking, J V ^b,e   Kunz, B E ^c   Jacob, D E ^c,f   Adey, W H ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CALCIUM; FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; GREEN ALGA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SALINITY; SEA; TEMPERATURE;

BARIUM; CALCIUM; CHLOROPHYTA; CLIMATE; FRESH WATER; OCEANS AND SEAS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84878642958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01761     Document Type: Article

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