Anthropogenic CO 2 accumulation and uptake rates in the Pacific Ocean based on changes in the 13 C/ 12 C of dissolved inorganic carbon: Anthropgoenic 13 C Change Pacific Ocean
- Award ID(s):
- 1543457
- PAR ID:
- 10036918
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Global Biogeochemical Cycles
- Volume:
- 31
- Issue:
- 1
- ISSN:
- 0886-6236
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 59 to 80
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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