Particles in motion: How turbulence affects plankton sedimentation from an oceanic mixed layer

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Ross, Oliver N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; SEDIMENTATION; WATER WAVES;

OCEANIC SURFACE MIXED LAYER; PLANKTON SEDIMENTATION;

WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

MIXED LAYER; PARTICLE SETTLING; PLANKTON; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33745861617     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026352     Document Type: Article

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