Glacial meltwater and primary production are drivers of strong CO2 uptake in fjord and coastal waters adjacent to the Greenland Ice Sheet

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2347-2363

  Meire, L ^a,b,c   Sogaard D H ^a   Mortensen, J ^a   Meysman, F J R ^b,d   Soetaert, K ^b   Arendt, K E ^a   Juul Pedersen, T ^a   Blicher, M E ^a   Rysgaard, S ^a,e,f  

^a GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE SYSTEM; COASTAL WATER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FJORD; FRESHWATER; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SURFACE WATER;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84928596931     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-2347-2015     Document Type: Article

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