Modern coccolithophore and carbonate sedimentation along a productivity gradient in the Canary Islands region: Seasonal export production and surface accumulation rates

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 3577-3598

  Sprengel, Claudia ^a   Baumann, Karl Heinz ^b   Henderiks, Jorijntje ^c   Henrich, Rüdiger ^b   Neuer, Susanne ^d  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

COCCOLITHOPHORES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; COCCOLITH; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS;

ALGAE; CALCIDISCUS; CALCIDISCUS LEPTOPORUS; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; GEPHYROCAPSA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; LEPTOPORUS;

EID: 0036387988     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00099-1     Document Type: Article

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