Seasonal variation in vertical flux of biogenic matter in the marginal ice zone and the central Barents Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 189-204

  Olli, Kalle ^a   Wexels Riser, Christian ^b   Wassmann, Paul ^b   Ratkova, Tatjana ^c   Arashkevich, Elena ^c   Pasternak, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Particulate organic matter; Phytoplankton; Sediment traps; Vertical flux

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; ICE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RECYCLING; SEDIMENTS;

BIOGENIC MATTER;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BARENTS SEA;

DINOBRYON BALTICUM; OCHROMONAS CRENATA; PHAEOCYSTIS POUCHETII; THALASSIOSIRA ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0036891536     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(02)00177-X     Document Type: Article

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