Estimating carbon, silica and diatom export from a naturally fertilised phytoplankton bloom in the Southern Ocean using PELAGRA: A novel drifting sediment trap

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 18-20, 2007, Pages 2233-2259

  Salter, Ian ^a   Lampitt, Richard S ^a   Sanders, Richard ^a   Poulton, Alex ^a   Kemp, Alan E S ^a   Boorman, Ben ^a   Saw, Kevin ^a   Pearce, Richard ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diatom flux; Eucampia antarctica; Iron fertilisation; PELAGRA; POC export; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SURFACE WATERS;

DIATOM FLUX; EUCAMPIA ANTARCTICA; IRON-FERTILIZATION; PELAGRA; POC EXPORT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ALGAL BLOOM; CARBON FLUX; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SILICA; SILICIC ACID;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUCAMPIA ANTARCTICA;

EID: 35348888270     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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