Estuaries

, Volume 26, Issue 4, pp 985–990 | Cite as

Technical note: Conditions for using the floating chamber method to estimate air-water gas exchange

  • James N. Kremer
  • Scott W. Nixon
  • Betty Buckley
  • Patrick Roques
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Wind Speed Marine Ecology Progress Series Chamber Method Coral Atoll Water Oxygen Concentration 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • James N. Kremer
    • 1
  • Scott W. Nixon
    • 2
  • Betty Buckley
    • 2
  • Patrick Roques
    • 3
  1. 1.Department of Marine SciencesUniversity of Connecticut at Avery PointGroton
  2. 2.Graduate School of OceanographyUniversity of Rhode IslandNarragansett
  3. 3.Texas Natural Resources Conservation CommissionAustin

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