Vertical particle flux on the shelf off northern Spitsbergen, Norway

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 215-228

  Andreassen, I ^a   Noting, E M ^b   Wassmann, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Faecal pellets; Spring bloom; Vertical flux

Indexed keywords

PARTICULATE FLUX; SEDIMENTED ORGANIC MATTER; SUSPENDED ORGANIC MATTER; VERTICAL ADVECTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN, SPITZBERGEN SHELF;

EID: 0029669629     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps137215     Document Type: Article

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