Downward particle fluxes, wind and a phytoplankton bloom over a polar continental shelf: A stormy impulse for the biological pump

Marine Geology

Volumn 259, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 59-72

  Isla, E ^a   Gerdes, D ^b   Palanques, A ^a   Gili, J M ^a   Arntz, W E ^b   Konig Langlo G ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

biogenic silica; faecal pellets; organic carbon; particle fluxes; phytoplankton bloom; sediment traps

Indexed keywords

AUSTRAL SPRINGS; BIOGENIC SILICA; BIOLOGICAL PUMPS; CHEMICAL QUALITIES; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DOWNWARD PARTICLE FLUXES; ENHANCED MIXING; FAECAL PELLETS; ORGANIC MATTERS; PARTICLE AGGREGATIONS; PARTICLE FLUXES; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; SAMPLING PERIODS; SEA FLOORS; SUMMER SEASONS; TOTAL MASS FLUXES;

ALGAE CONTROL; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BLOOMS (METAL); FIRE HAZARDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; PELLETIZING; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILICA; STORMS;

AGGLOMERATION;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIATOM; FLUX MEASUREMENT; ICE COVER; MIXING; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE MOTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLAR REGION; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT TRAP; SPRING (SEASON); STORM; SUMMER; WATER COLUMN; WIND FORCING;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 62549124950     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

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