Seasonality of CO2 in coastal oceans altered by increasing anthropogenic nutrient delivery from large rivers: Evidence from the Changjiang-East China Sea system

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3889-3899

  Chou, W C ^a   Gong, G C ^a,b   Cai, W J ^c   Tseng, C M ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BOTTOM WATER; CARBON DIOXIDE; COASTAL ZONE; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TIMESCALE;

CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 84880847761     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-3889-2013     Document Type: Article

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