Quick transport of primary produced organic carbon to the ocean interior

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Honda, M C ^a   Kawakami, H ^a   Sasaoka, K ^b   Watanabe, S ^a   Dickey, T ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TURBIDITY;

OPTICAL FIELDS; ORGANIC CARBON FLUX; SHIPBOARDS; SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE; TRAPPING EFFICIENCY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CARBON FLUX; CHLOROPHYLL; EUPHOTIC ZONE; IRRADIANCE; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURBIDITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33845614848     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026466     Document Type: Article

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