Regional variability in the vertical flux of particulate organic carbon in the ocean interior

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 11-1-11-18

  Lutz, Michael ^a,b   Dunbar, Robert ^a   Caldeira, Ken ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

14C; 234Th; Export; Flux; Mass balance; Organic carbon; P ratio; Primary production; Remineralization; S ratio; Sediment traps; Storage

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; MASS BALANCE; PARTICULATE FLUX; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

EID: 0036770475     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000gb001383     Document Type: Article

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