Export flux of particles at the equator in the western and central Pacific ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 9-10, 1997, Pages 2085-2113

  Rodier, Martine ^a   Le Borgne, Robert ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PARTICULATE FLUX; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHURUS;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 0031402256     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(97)00092-1     Document Type: Article

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