Nutrient utilisation and particulate organic matter changes during summer in the upper mixed layer (Ross Sea, Antarctica)

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-112

  Catalano, G ^a   Povero, P ^b   Fabiano, M ^c   Benedetti, F ^d   Goffart, A ^e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENTS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SURFACE MIXED LAYER; VERTICAL STABILITY;

ROSS SEA;

EID: 0030902757     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(97)85248-X     Document Type: Article

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