Climate variation, carbon flux, and bioturbation in the abyssal north pacific

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2081-2088

  Vardaro, Michael F ^a   Ruhl, Henry A ^b   Smith, Kenneth L ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; ABYSSAL ORGANISM; ABYSSAL ZONE; BENTHOS; BIOTURBATION; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; TIME SERIES;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ECHINOCREPIS ROSTRATA; ECHINOIDA;

EID: 70349964364     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.6.2081     Document Type: Article

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