Zinc/silicon ratios of sponges: A proxy for carbon export to the seafloor

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Ellwood, Michael J ^a   Kelly, Michelle ^a   Nodder, Scott D ^a   Carter, Lionel ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; OCEAN HABITATS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; SILICA; ZINC; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ORGANIC CARBON;

DEEP-OCEAN SPONGES; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON (POC); PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER (POM); REMINERALIZATION; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

BIODIVERSITY; ZINC;

CARBON FLUX; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER; SILICON; SPONGE; ZINC;

CARBON EXPORT; DEEP OCEAN; DIAGENETICS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; REMINERALISATION; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE; WATER TEMPERATURES;

HEXACTINELLIDA;

EID: 6044228160     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019648     Document Type: Article

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