Zooplankton vertical migration and the active transport of dissolved organic and inorganic carbon in the Sargasso Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 137-158

  Steinberg, Deborah K ^a   Carlson, Craig A ^a   Bates, Nicholas R ^a   Goldthwait, Sarah A ^a   Madin, Laurence P ^b   Michaels, Anthony F ^c  

^a St George's GE 01   (Bermuda)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bermuda Atlantic Time series Study (BATS); Carbon dioxide; Dissolved organic carbon (DOC); Sargasso Sea; Vertical migration; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON; NUTRIENT CYCLING; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033991484     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00052-7     Document Type: Article

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