Abundance, distribution and sinking rates of aggregates in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 131-150

  Asper, Vernon L ^a   Smith Jr , Walker O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Aggregation; Antarctic zone; Phaeocystis; Phytoplankton; Ross Sea

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CLIMATOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHOTOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTS;

EUPHOTIC ZONES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ROSS SEA;

PHAEOCYSTIS;

EID: 0242370744     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(02)00146-2     Document Type: Article

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