Dramatic variability of the carbonate system at a temperate coastal ocean site (Beaufort, North Carolina, USA) is regulated by physical and biogeochemical processes on multiple timescales

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Johnson, Zackary I ^a   Wheeler, Benjamin J ^a   Blinebry, Sara K ^a   Carlson, Christina M ^a   Ward, Christopher S ^a   Hunt, Dana E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLING; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARY; HURRICANE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TIDE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

CARBONATES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; NORTH CAROLINA; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 84892935750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085117     Document Type: Article

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