Rapid acidification of mode and intermediate waters in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1387-1401

  Salt, L A ^a,d   Van Heuven, S M A C ^b,c   Claus, M E ^b   Jones, E M ^c   De Baar, H J W ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BUFFERING; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; MODE WATER; PH; SUBANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER; WOCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 84924273130     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-1387-2015     Document Type: Article

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