Settling fluxes in Saanich and Jervis Inlets, British Columbia, Canada: Sources and seasonal patterns

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-73

  Timothy, David A ^a,b   Soon, Maureen Y S ^a   Calvert, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLUXES; MOORING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS;

RENEWAL FLOWS; SEDIMENTARY PLUMES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COASTAL WATER; PARTICULATE FLUX; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT TRAP;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0346103855     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2003.07.001     Document Type: Review

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