A mechanistic particle flux model applied to the oceanic phosphorus cycle

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 5381-5398

  Devries, T ^a,b   Liang, J H ^a,c,d   Deutsch, C ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; REMINERALIZATION; SEDIMENT TRAP; WATER DEPTH;

EID: 84907930122     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-5381-2014     Document Type: Article

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