Sources of variability in geographical and seasonal differences in particulate fluxes from short-term sediment trap deployments, east of New Zealand

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1739-1764

  Nodder, S D ^a   Alexander, B L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTICULATE FLUX; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT TRAP; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER MASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032191592     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(98)00040-5     Document Type: Article

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