The carbon, nitrogen and mass content of marine snow as a function of aggregate size

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 529-541

  Alldredge, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE SIZE; CAMERA; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; DETERMINATION OF CONTENT; ECOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS CONTENT; NITROGEN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN; SNOW; UNITED STATES;

AGGREGATE SIZE; CHLOROPHYLL A; MARINE SNOW; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032052819     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00048-4     Document Type: Article

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