Vulnerability of polar oceans to anthropogenic acidification: Comparison of arctic and antarctic seasonal cycles

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Shadwick, E H ^a   Trull, T W ^a,b,c   Thomas, H ^d   Gibson, J A E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ICE COVER; PH; SEASON; ARTICLE;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ICE COVER; SEASONS; SEAWATER;

EID: 84881345036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02339     Document Type: Article

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