Diatom fluxes to the deep sea in the oligotrophic North Pacific gyre at Station ALOHA

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 182, Issue , 1999, Pages 55-67

  Scharek, Renate ^a,b   Tupas, Luis M ^a   Karl, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biogenic silica; Bottom moored sediment traps; Deep sea; Diatoms; Vertical particle

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; DIATOM; VERTICAL MIXING;

NORTH PACIFIC GYRE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

HEMIAULUS HAUCKII; MASTOGLOIA WOODIANA; RHIZOSOLENIA;

EID: 0033546289     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps182055     Document Type: Article

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