Declining oxygen in the global ocean and coastal waters

Breitburg, Denise; Levin, Lisa; Oschlies, Andreas; Grégoire, Marilaure; GO2NE network

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Declining oxygen in the global ocean and coastal waters

Breitburg, Denise; Levin, Lisa; Oschlies, Andreas et al.

2018 • In Science, 359 (46)

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Ocean; Oxygen; climate and eutrophication

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FOCUS - Freshwater and OCeanic science Unit of reSearch - ULiège

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Earth sciences & physical geography

Author, co-author :

Breitburg, Denise

Levin, Lisa

Oschlies, Andreas

Grégoire, Marilaure ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > MAST (Modeling for Aquatic Systems)

GO2NE network

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English

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Declining oxygen in the global ocean and coastal waters

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04 January 2018

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Science

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0036-8075

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1095-9203

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American Association for the Advancement of Science, United States

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359

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GLobal Ocean Oxygen Network
Grant SFB754
BENTHOX program grant T.1009.15

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UNESCO - Organisation des Nations unies pour l'Éducation, la Science et la Culture
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
NSF-EAR grant 1324095
DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique

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