High rates of benthic carbon remineralisation in the abyssal Arabian Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 2785-2804

  Witte, Ursula ^a,b   Pfannkuche, Olaf ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; MONSOON; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGIONAL PATTERN; REMINERALIZATION;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0033818975     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00049-7     Document Type: Article

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