Sedimentary pigments in the western Barents Sea: A reflection of pelagic-benthic coupling?

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 20-21, 2008, Pages 2381-2389

  Morata, Nathalie ^a   Renaud, Paul E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Carbon cycle; HPLC; Marginal ice zone; Pelagic benthic coupling; Sedimentary pigments

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLOROPHYLL; ICE; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PAINT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; SEDIMENTATION; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); WATER ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; CARBON CYCLE; HPLC; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; PELAGIC-BENTHIC COUPLING; SEDIMENTARY PIGMENTS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ALGA; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; CARBON CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL A; FOOD WEB; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; ORGANIC MATTER; PIGMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH; WATER MASS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 56949085456     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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