Distribution and fluxes of aggregates >100 μm in the upper kilometer of the South-Eastern Pacific

Biogeosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1361-1372

  Guidi, L ^a,b   Gorsky, G ^a   Claustre, H ^a   Miquel, J C ^c   Picheral, M ^a   Stemmann, L ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEEP SEA; INORGANIC MATTER; MIXED LAYER; ORGANIC MATTER; REMINERALIZATION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTATION; UNDERWATER CAMERA; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHILE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 54249152804     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-5-1361-2008     Document Type: Article

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