Spatial variability in organic material sinking export in the Hudson Bay system, Canada, during fall

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1276-1288

  Lapoussière, Amandine ^a,b   Michel, Christine ^b   Gosselin, Michel ^a   Poulin, Michel ^c  

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

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Bacteria; Carbon; Fecal pellets; Hudson Bay; Protists; Sedimentation; Sinking export

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CARBON; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLOROPHYLL; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FECAL PELLET; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PROTIST; RUNOFF; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; NORTH AMERICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTISTA;

EID: 67349213882     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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