Sediment trap observations from the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the continental margin of eastern Canada

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 545-583

  Romero, Nancy ^a,b   Silverberg, Norman ^a,c   Roy, Suzanne ^d   Lovejoy, Connie ^e  

^a Ctro Interdisciplinario Cie M   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CARBON CYCLE; DIATOM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROCALANUS; PARTICLE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENT;

CARBON FLUX; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FOOD WEB; MARGINAL SEA; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SETTLING; PARTICULATE FLUX; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

MICROCALANUS;

EID: 0034174535     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00118-6     Document Type: Article

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