Sea change: Charting the course for biogeochemical ocean time-series research in a new millennium

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 2-15

  Church, Matthew J ^a   Lomas, Michael W ^b   Muller Karger, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

BATS; Carbon cycling; CARIACO; HOT; Ocean biogeochemistry; Time series

Indexed keywords

BATS; CARBON CYCLING; CARIACO; HOT; OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RESEARCH; SHIPS;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; DATA ACQUISITION; GLOBAL OCEAN; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; RESEARCH; SAMPLING; TIME SERIES; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); BERMUDA; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84880822234     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.01.035     Document Type: Article

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