Spatial and seasonal variations in the pelagic- benthic coupling of the southeastern Beaufort Sea revealed by sedimentary biomarkers

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 371, Issue , 2008, Pages 47-63

  Morata, Nathalie ^a   Renaud, Paul E ^a,b   Brugel, Sonia ^c   Hobson, Keith A ^d   Johnson, Beverly J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Carbon cycling; HPLC; Pelagic benthic coupling; Sedimentary pigment; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMARKER; CARBON CYCLE; DIATOM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SEAFLOOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER COLUMN;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PRASINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 57849155781     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07677     Document Type: Article

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