Modelling the production and cycling of dimethylsulphide during the vernal bloom in the Barents Sea

Albert J. Gabric; Patricia A. Matrai; María Vernet

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v51i5.16505

Modelling the production and cycling of dimethylsulphide during the vernal bloom in the Barents Sea

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 51 (1999): Issue 5

By: Albert J. Gabric, Patricia A. Matrai and María Vernet

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