Short-term biogenic particle flux under late spring sea ice in the western Weddell Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 1024-1039

  Michels, Jan ^a   Dieckmann, Gerhard S ^a   Thomas, David N ^b   Schnack Schiel, Sigrid B ^a   Krell, Andreas ^a   Assmy, Philipp ^a   Kennedy, Hilary ^b   Papadimitriou, Stathis ^b   Cisewski, Boris ^a,c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Faecal strings; Ice algae; Krill; Late spring; Sea ice; Short term vertical particle flux; Western Weddell Sea

Indexed keywords

MASS TRANSFER; PHASE COMPOSITION; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; SILICA;

FAECAL MATERIALS; FAECAL STRINGS; ICE ALGAE; LATE SPRING; SHORT-TERM VERTICAL PARTICLE FLUX; WESTERN WEDDELL SEA;

ALGAE;

CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FECES; MASS TRANSPORT; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT TRAP; SPRING (SEASON); VERTICAL MOVEMENT; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; FRAGILARIOPSIS CURTA; PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA;

EID: 43649102429     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.12.019     Document Type: Article

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