Carbon export during the Spring Bloom at the Antarctic Polar Front, determined with the natural tracer 234Th

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 457-478

  Rutgers Van Der Loeff, Michiel M ^a   Friedrich, Jana ^a   Bathmann, Ulrich V ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOMS; ANTARCTIC POLAR FRONT; BLOOM; CARBON CYCLE; EXPORT PRODUCTION; JGOFS; POLAR WATER; POLAR WATERS; THORIUM-234; TRACERS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0030888342     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(96)00067-7     Document Type: Article

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