Seasonal and event-controlled export of organic matter from the shelf towards the Gulf of Lions continental slope

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1971-1983

  Fabres, Joan ^a,b   Tesi, Tommaso ^c   Velez, Jose ^b,d   Batista, Fabian ^b   Lee, Cindy ^b   Calafat, Antoni ^a   Heussner, Serge ^e   Palanques, Albert ^f   Miserocchi, Stefano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO AT CAYEY   (Puerto Rico)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^f INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Cascading; Continental slope; Gulf of Lions; NW Mediterranean Sea; Organic matter; Particulate flux; Seasonality; Storms

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CANYON; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FLOOD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT TRAP; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STORM; TRACER; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WIND FORCING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RHONE RIVER;

EID: 50849094519     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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