Chlorophyll a in Arctic sediments implies long persistence of algal pigments

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1326-1338

  Pirtle Levy, Rebecca ^a   Grebmeier, Jacqueline M ^a   Cooper, Lee W ^a   Larsen, Ingvar L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Benthic infauna; Bering Sea; Cesium 137; Chlorophyll; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC RADIONUCLIDES; ARCTIC; BASIN SEDIMENTS; BEAUFORT SEA; BENTHIC INFAUNA; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BERING SEA; C/N RATIO; CESIUM-137; CHLOROPHYLL A; COLD CONDITIONS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DECADAL PERIODS; DEPOSIT FEEDER; DOWN-CORE PROFILES; FOOD SOURCES; HIGH LATITUDES; ICE COVER; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; ORGANIC DEPOSITION; ORGANIC MATERIALS; OVERLYING WATER; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SLOPE SEDIMENT; SPRING BLOOMS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER COLUMNS; WATER DEPTH; WATER SEDIMENTS;

CESIUM; CHLOROPHYLL; FIRE HAZARDS; LEAD; ORGANIC CARBON; PORPHYRINS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

SEDIMENTS;

ALGA; CHLOROPHYLL A; DEPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; PIGMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; BERING SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 67649394246     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.10.022     Document Type: Article

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