Coccolithophore (-CaCO3) flux in the Sea of Okhotsk: Seasonality, settling and alteration processes

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 39, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 179-200

  Broerse, A T C ^a   Ziveri, P ^a   Honjo, S ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

CaCO3; Coccolithophores; Dissolution; Fluxes; Fragmentation; Sea of Okhotsk

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; COCCOLITH; GRAZING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON FLUX; COCCOLITH; MARINE SNOW; NANNOPLANKTON;

SEA OF OKHOTSK;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS; DICTYOCHOPHYCEAE; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE; TINTINNIDAE;

EID: 0033934025     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(00)00020-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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