Evidence of prolonged aragonite undersaturations in the bottom waters of the southern Bering Sea shelf from autonomous sensors

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 125-133

  Mathis, Jeremy T ^a,b   Cross, Jessica N ^b   Monacci, Natalie ^b   Feely, Richard A ^a   Stabeno, Phyllis ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; Carbon cycle; Carbonate mineral saturation state; Ocean acidification

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BERING SEA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON BIOGEOCHEMISTRIES; CARBON CYCLES; MINERAL SATURATIONS; NET COMMUNITY PRODUCTIONS; OCEAN ACIDIFICATIONS; WATER PARTIAL PRESSURE;

SURFACE WATERS;

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARAGONITE; BOTTOM WATER; CARBON DIOXIDE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMINERALIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSOR;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84909995942     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.07.019     Document Type: Article

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