Seasonal cycles in biogenic production and export in Northern Bay of Bengal sediment traps

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 5-7, 2007, Pages 558-580

  Stoll, Heather M ^a   Arevalos, Alicia ^a   Burke, Andrea ^a   Ziveri, Patrizia ^b,c   Mortyn, Graham ^c   Shimizu, Nobumichi ^d   Unger, Daniela ^e  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Coccoliths; Florisphaera profunda; Foraminifera; Indian Ocean; Sr Ca

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

BAY OF BENGAL; COCCOLITHS; FLORISPHAERA PROFUNDA; FORAMINIFERA; INDIAN OCEAN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CALCIUM; COCCOLITH; CYCLONE; MONSOON; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTIC ZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRAP; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM; SURFACE WATER; WATER COLUMN;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; FLORISPHAERA PROFUNDA; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 34249019234     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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