Impact of global change on coastal oxygen dynamics and risk of hypoxia

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2633-2653

  Meire, L ^a,b   Soetaert, K E R ^a   Meysman, F J R ^a,c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OXYGEN; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OYSTER GROUND;

EID: 84899050641     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-2633-2013     Document Type: Article

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