Degradation of terrestrial organic carbon, primary production and out-gassing of CO2 in the Laptev and East Siberian Seas as inferred from δ13C values of DIC

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 95, Issue , 2012, Pages 143-159

  Alling, V ^a   Porcelli, D ^b   Morth C M ^a   Anderson, L G ^c   Sanchez Garcia, L ^a   Gustafsson, O ^a   Andersson, P S ^d   Humborg, C ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COASTAL WATER; DEGASSING; DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EAST SIBERIAN SEA; LAPTEV SEA;

EID: 84884676285     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.07.028     Document Type: Article

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