Sinking fluxes of minor and trace elements in the North Pacific Ocean measured during the VERTIGO program

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 14-15, 2008, Pages 1564-1577

  Lamborg, C H ^a   Buesseler, K O ^a   Lam, P J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Gyre; Mesopelagic zone; Micronutrients; North Pacific Ocean; Organic carbon; Sediment traps; Sinking particles; Trace elements; Western Subarctic Gyre

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ATMOSPHERICS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; COPPER; COPPER ALLOYS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; OCEAN HABITATS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTATION; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC INPUTS; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CENTRAL GYRE; EOLIAN DUST; EUPHOTIC ZONES; EXPORT FLUX; GLOBAL OCEANS; IN-BETWEEN; LITHOGENIC; LITHOGENIC MATERIAL; MASS BALANCING; MESOPELAGIC; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; PARTICULATE PHASE; RESIDENCE TIME; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SINKING PARTICLES; SINKING RATES; SMALL PARTICLES; SUBARCTIC GYRE; VERTICAL TRANSPORTS; WATER COLUMN; WESTERN SUBARCTIC GYRE;

FLUXES;

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT TRAP; TRACE ELEMENT; TWILIGHT; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 48949099841     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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