Inorganic and organic sinking particulate phosphorus fluxes across the oxic/anoxic water column of Cariaco Basin, Venezuela

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 90-100

  Benitez Nelson, Claudia R ^a   O'Neill Madden, Lauren P ^a   Styles, Renée M ^a   Thunell, Robert C ^a   Astor, Yrene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b FUNDACIÓN LA SALLE DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Cariaco Basin; Continental margins; Particulate flux; Particulate inorganic phosphorus; Particulate organic phosphorus; Sediment traps

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; OXIC CONDITIONS; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEDIMENT TRAP; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 34247588555     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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