Particulate organic carbon export in the upper twilight zone during the decline of the spring bloom

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 356, Issue , 2008, Pages 81-92

  Pommier, Julien ^a   Michel, Christine ^b   Gosselin, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fecal pellets; Northwest Atlantic Ocean; POC sinking fluxes; Primary production; Sediment trap; Spring bloom; Twilight zone

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TWILIGHT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 38949157074     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07291     Document Type: Article

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