Fine-scale nutrient and carbonate system dynamics around cold-water coral reefs in the northeast Atlantic

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Findlay, Helen S ^a   Hennige, Sebastian J ^b   Wicks, Laura C ^b   Navas, Juan Moreno ^b   Woodward, E Malcolm S ^a   Roberts, J Murray ^b,c,d  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHEMISTRY; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; SALINITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARBONATES; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; SALINITY; SEAWATER;

EID: 84892896283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03671     Document Type: Article

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