Carbon cycling in the Baltic Sea - The fate of allochthonous organic carbon and its impact on air-sea CO2 exchange

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 289-302

  Gustafsson, E ^a   Deutsch, B ^a   Gustafsson, B G ^a   Humborg, C ^a   Morth C M ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Biogeochemistry; Carbon cycling; Modelling; Oceanography; Organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; BUDGET CALCULATION; CARBON CYCLING; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LABILE FRACTIONS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SOUTH-WESTERN BALTIC SEAS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; MINERALOGY; MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALLOCHTHON; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; MINERALIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER DISCHARGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF BOTHNIA;

EID: 84888431901     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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