A comparison of sediment trap records of particle fluxes from 19 to 48°N in the northeast Atlantic and their relation to surface water productivity

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 971-986

  Jickells, T D ^a   Newton, P P ^a,b   King, P ^a   Lampitt, R S ^c   Boutle, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PARTICULATE FLUX; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATERS;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030435011     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0637(96)00063-5     Document Type: Article

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