UV/PAR radiation and DOM properties in surface coastal waters of the Canadian shelf of the Beaufort Sea during summer 2009

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2761-2774

  Para, J ^a,b   Charriere B ^a,b   Matsuoka, A ^c,d   Miller, W L ^e   Rontani, J F ^a,b   Sempere R ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; MACKENZIE DELTA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 84880541596     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-2761-2013     Document Type: Article

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