Distributions of dissolved trace metals (Cd, Cu, Mn, Pb, Ag) in the southeastern Atlantic and the Southern Ocean

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3231-3246

  Boye, M ^a   Wake, B D ^a,b   Lopez Garcia, P ^b,c   Bown, J ^a   Baker, A R ^d   Achterberg, E P ^b  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DIATOM; DISSOLVED LOAD; MARINE POLLUTION; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SILICIC ACID; SURFACE WATER; TRACE METAL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER DEPTH; WATER MASS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 84879594266     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-3231-2012     Document Type: Article

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