Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) as a component of hydrothermal plume particle dynamics

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1677-1694

  Shackelford, Rachel ^a   Cowen, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Hydrothermal activity; Juan de Fuca Ridge; Marine snow; TEP; Transparent exopolymer particles

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; MARINE BIOLOGY; SNOW; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

DIATOM BLOOMS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL PLUMES; MARINE SNOW; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLES;

POLYMERS;

DEEP SEA; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; MARINE SNOW; OPEN OCEAN; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLE;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33750526235     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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