Ocean acidification from 1997 to 2011 in the subarctic western North Pacific Ocean

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7817-7827

  Wakita, M ^a   Watanabe, S ^a   Honda, M ^a   Nagano, A ^a   Kimoto, K ^a   Matsumoto, K ^a   Kitamura, M ^a   Sasaki, K ^a   Kawakami, H ^a   Fujiki, T ^a   Sasaoka, K ^a   Nakano, Y ^a   Murata, A ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALKALINITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DEEP WATER; DISSOLUTION; GYRE; MIXED LAYER; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; SEAWATER; SUBARCTIC REGION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84889799267     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-7817-2013     Document Type: Article

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