MedFlux: Investigations of particle flux in the Twilight Zone

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 1363-1368

  Lee, Cindy ^a   Armstrong, Robert A ^a   Cochran, J Kirk ^a   Engel, Anja ^a,b   Fowler, Scott W ^a,c   Goutx, Madeleine ^d   Masqué, Pere ^e   Miquel, Juan Carlos ^c   Peterson, Michael ^f   Tamburini, Christian ^d   Wakeham, Stuart ^g  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^f Ocean Science Consulting and Research   (United States)

^g SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballast ratio hypothesis; DYFAMED; MedFlux; Mediterranean Sea biogeochemistry; Organic carbon flux

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON;

DYFAMED; MEDFLUX; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MODEL RELATIONSHIPS; MODELING TECHNIQUE; ORGANIC CARBON FLUXES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SUPPORT STRUCTURES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON FLUX; FLUX MEASUREMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE FLUX; PROVENANCE; TWILIGHT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 67649986141     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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