Diatom and silicoflagellate fluxes at the Walvis Ridge: An environment influenced by coastal upwelling in the Benguela system

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 991-1016

  Treppke, Ute F ^a   Lange, Carina B ^b   Donner, Barbara ^a   Fischer, Gerhard ^a   Ruhland, Götz ^a   Wefer, Gerold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; COASTAL UPWELLING; DIATOMS; PARTICULATE FLUX; SILICOFLAGELLATES;

ATLANTIC, WALVIS RIDGE;

EID: 0030426076     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240963213655     Document Type: Article

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