Determination of particulate organic carbon sources to the surface mixed layer of the Canada Basin, Arctic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1084-1102

  Brown, Kristina A ^a   McLaughlin, Fiona ^b   Tortell, Philippe D ^a   Varela, Diana E ^c   Yamamoto Kawai, Michiyo ^d   Hunt, Brian ^a   Francois, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Carbon Cycling; Freshwater Sources; Stable Isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SEA ICE; WATER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON CYCLING; FRESHWATER SOURCES; ISOTOPICALLY ENRICHED; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; STABLE ISOTOPE RATIOS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

SURFACES;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL A; FRESHWATER INPUT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MIXED LAYER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER DISCHARGE; SAMPLING; SEA ICE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE LAYER; SURFACE WATER; TRACER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA BASIN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84900351646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009197     Document Type: Article

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