Declining oxygen on the British Columbia continental shelf

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 88-103

  Crawford, William R ^a   Peña, M Angelica ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gulf of Alaska; Hypoxia; Juan de Fuca; Oxygen; Vancouver Island

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP SEA; HYPOXIA; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; UPWELLING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 84879398344     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2012.753028     Document Type: Article

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