A vertical model of particle size distributions and fluxes in the midwater column that includes biological and physical processes - Part I: Model formulation

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 865-884

  Stemmann, Lars ^a,b   Jackson, George A ^a   Ianson, Debby ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; COAGULATION; DATA REDUCTION; MICROBIOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

DISAGGREGATION; EUPHOTIC ZONE; MESOPELAGIC REGION; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE DYNAMICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; MODELING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE FLUX; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 3042696085     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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