Particle fluxes during austral spring and summer in the southern Ross Sea, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C3, 1999, Pages 5345-5359

  Asper, Vernon L ^a   Smith Jr , Walker O ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; CONTINENTAL SHELF; PARTICULATE FLUX; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONALITY;

ANTARCTIC SHELF; ROSS SEA;

EID: 0033559553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900067     Document Type: Article

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