Relationship between coccolith Sr/Ca ratios and coccolithophore production and export in the Arabian Sea and Sargasso Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 5-7, 2007, Pages 581-600

  Stoll, Heather M ^a,b   Ziveri, Patrizia ^c,d   Shimizu, Nobumichi ^e   Conte, Maureen ^f   Theroux, Susanna ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^f BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Coccolithophores; Coccoliths; Sargasso Sea; Sr Ca

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CLIMATE CHANGE; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEDIMENTS;

ARABIAN SEA; COCCOLITHOPHORES; COCCOLITHS; SARGASSO SEA;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COCCOLITH; MONSOON; PHOTIC ZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRONTIUM;

ARABIAN SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

CALCIDISCUS LEPTOPORUS; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE; HELICOSPHAERA CARTERI;

EID: 34249008130     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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