Dissolved organic carbon and apparent oxygen utilization in the atlantic ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 80-87

  Pan, Xi ^a   Achterberg, Eric P ^a,d   Sanders, Richard ^b   Poulton, Alex J ^b   Oliver, Kevin I C ^a   Robinson, Carol ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apparent oxygen utilization; Atlantic Meridional Transect; Carbon export; Dissolved organic carbon; Particulate organic carbon

Indexed keywords

APPARENT OXYGEN UTILIZATIONS; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL TRANSECT; CARBON EXPORT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON;

OXYGEN; TROPICS;

STREAM FLOW;

CARBON SINK; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GYRE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MIXED LAYER; PHOTIC ZONE; REMINERALIZATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; THERMOCLINE; TROPICAL REGION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84891957873     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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