Seasonal variation in the biochemical composition of particulate material collected by sediment traps at Signy Island, Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 414-423

  Cripps, Geoffrey C ^a   Clarke, Andrew ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONALITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032420526     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050323     Document Type: Article

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