Flocculation and phytoplankton cell size can alter 234Th-based estimates of the vertical flux of particulate organic carbon in the sea

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 100, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 366-375

  Waite, Anya M ^a   Hill, Paul S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Carbon; Cell size; Diatoms; Flocculation; Phytoplankton; POC 234Th; Sedimentation; Sinking rate; Vertical flux

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FACTOR ANALYSIS; FLOCCULATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; THORIUM; THORIUM ISOTOPE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33646367418     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2005.10.021     Document Type: Article

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