Particulate organic carbon export fluxes and size-fractionated POC/234Th ratios in the Ligurian, Tyrrhenian and Aegean Seas

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1810-1830

  Speicher, E A ^a   Moran, S B ^a   Burd, A B ^b   Delfanti, R ^c   Kaberi, H ^d   Kelly, R P ^a   Papucci, C ^c   Smith, J N ^e   Stavrakakis, S ^d   Torricelli, L ^c   Zervakis, V ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c ENEA Marine Environment Research Centre   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^e BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Mediterranean Sea; Particulate organic carbon; Thorium

Indexed keywords

CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS; THORIUM;

CARBON CYCLE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS; SINKING RATES;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

CARBON FLUX; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; THORIUM ISOTOPE;

AEGEAN SEA; LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 33751005816     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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