Dissolved greenhouse gases (nitrous oxide and methane) associated with the naturally iron-fertilized Kerguelen region (KEOPS 2 cruise) in the Southern Ocean

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1925-1940

  Farias L ^a   Florez Leiva, L ^b   Besoain, V ^a,c   Sarthou, G ^d   Fernandez C ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAGDALENA   (Colombia)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^d IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUISE REPORT; DISSOLVED GAS; GREENHOUSE GAS; IRON; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLAR FRONT; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSECT; WATER MASS;

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; KERGUELEN; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

EID: 84925679146     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-1925-2015     Document Type: Article

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