Seasonal and Annual Fluxes of Nutrients and Organic Matter from Large Rivers to the Arctic Ocean and Surrounding Seas

Robert M. Holmes1, James W. McClelland2, Bruce J. Peterson3, Suzanne E. Tank3, E. B. Bulygina1, Timothy I. Eglinton4, В. В. Гордеев5, Tatiana Yu. Gurtovaya6, Peter A. Raymond7, Daniel J. Repeta8, Robin Staples9, Robert G. Striegl10, Alexander V. Zhulidov6, S. A. Zimov11
1The Woods Hole Research Center, Woods Hole, USA
2The University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, USA
3Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA
4Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
5P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
6South Russia Centre for Preparation and Implementation of International Projects, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
7Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, USA
8Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Woods Hole USA
9Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Yellowknife, Canada
10USGS, Boulder, USA
11Northeast Science Station, Cherskiy, Russia

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