Forcing of dissolved organic carbon release by phytoplankton by anticyclonic mesoscale eddies in the subtropical NE Atlantic Ocean

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2129-2143

  Lasternas, S ^a   Piedeleu, M ^b   Sangra P ^b   Duarte, C M ^a,c   Agusti S ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE FORCING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MESOSCALE EDDY; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL);

EID: 84884126065     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-2129-2013     Document Type: Article

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