Pelagic community production and carbon-nutrient stoichiometry under variable ocean acidification in an Arctic fjord

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4847-4859

  Silyakova, A ^a   Bellerby, R G J ^a,b,c   Schulz, K G ^d,e   Czerny, J ^d   Tanaka, T ^f,g   Nondal, G ^a,b   Riebesell, U ^d   Engel, A ^d   De Lange, T ^b,c   Ludvig, A ^d  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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

^e SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^g SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GROWTH RATE; MESOCOSM; NITROGEN; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION EFFECT; STOCHASTICITY; TROPHIC INTERACTION; VOLUME;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84880526130     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-4847-2013     Document Type: Article

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