Deep water particle flux in the Canary Island region: Seasonal trends in relation to long-term satellite derived pigment data and lateral sources

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1451-1466

  Neuer, Susanne ^a   Ratmeyer, Volker ^a   Davenport, Robert ^a   Fischer, Gerhard ^a   Wefer, Gerold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA SEDIMENT; DEEP WATER; ESTOC; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE FLUX; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CANARY ISLANDS;

EID: 0030826813     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00034-4     Document Type: Article

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