Role of algal aggregation in vertical carbon export during SOIREE and in other low biomass environments

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Jackson, George A ^a   Waite, Anya M ^b   Boyd, Philip W ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BIOMASS; CARBON; COAGULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN HABITATS; SEDIMENTATION; SURFACE WATERS;

ALGAL; CARBON EXPORT; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; IRON; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAE;

EID: 24944444067     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023180     Document Type: Article

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