Influence of a cyclonic eddy on microheterotroph biomass and carbon export in the lee of Hawaii

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Bidigare, Robert R ^a   Benitez Nelson, Claudia ^a   Leonard, Carrie L ^a   Quay, Paul D ^b   Parsons, Michael L ^c   Foley, David G ^a   Seki, Michael P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; MASS TRANSFER; OCEAN CURRENTS; SAMPLING; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

CYCLONIC EDDIES; BIOLOGICAL PUMPS; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON EXPORT; CYCLONIC EDDY; DERIVED CARBONS; EDDY ACTIVITY; MULTI-PLATFORM; SAMPLING STRATEGIES;

STORMS; ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOLOGICAL PUMP; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; EDDY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0042190492     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016393     Document Type: Article

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