Benthic organic carbon flux and oxygen penetration reflect different plankton provinces in the Southern Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1319-1335

  Sachs, Oliver ^a   Sauter, Eberhard J ^a   Schlüter, Michael ^a   Rutgers van der Loeff, Michiel M ^a   Jerosch, Kerstin ^a   Holby, Ola ^b  

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

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benthic organic carbon fluxes; Deep sea sediments; Labile organic matter; Microsensors; Oxygen penetration depth; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ORGANIC CARBON FLUXES; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENTS; LABILE ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN PENETRATION DEPTH; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; MICROSENSORS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON FLUX; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANKTON; WATER DEPTH;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 67649696924     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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