Seasonal and interannual variability in deep ocean particle fluxes at the Oceanic Flux Program (OFP)/Bermuda Atlantic Time Series (BATS) site in the western Sargasso Sea near Bermuda

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 8-9, 2001, Pages 1471-1505

  Conte, Maureen H ^a   Ralph, Nate ^a   Ross, Edith H ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CARBONATES; COMPOSITION; SEDIMENTS;

PARTICLE FLUXES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEEP SEA; HETEROGENEITY; PARTICULATE FLUX; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA;

EID: 0035036649     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00150-8     Document Type: Article

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