Impact of sinking carbon flux on accumulation of deep-ocean carbon in the Northern Indian Ocean

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-100

  Sarma, V V S S ^a,b   Dileep Kumar, M ^c   Saino, T ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Carbon cycling; Regeneration; Sinking carbon fluxes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEEP SEA; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34547782250     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-006-9055-1     Document Type: Article

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