Gross community production and metabolic balance in the South Pacific Gyre, using a non intrusive bio-optical method
The very clear waters of the South Pacific Gyre likely constitute an end-member of oligotrophic conditions which remain essentially unknown with respect to its impact on carbon fixation and exportation. We describe a non-intrusive bio-optical method to quantify the various terms of a production budg...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2008-03-01
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Series: | Biogeosciences |
Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/5/463/2008/bg-5-463-2008.pdf |