The relationship between new production and vertical flux on the Ross Sea continental shelf

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 445-457

  Smith Jr , Walker O ^a   Dunbar, Robert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental shelf; Production; Ross Sea; Vertical flux

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; PARTICULATE FLUX; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ROSS SEA;

PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0344178225     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(98)00057-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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