Characteristics of suspended particulate organic matter in the southwestern Atlantic: Influence of temperature, nutrient and phytoplankton features on the stable isotope signature

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 199-209

  Lara, Rubén J ^a   Alder, Viviana ^b,c,d   Franzosi, Claudio A ^c   Kattner, Gerhard ^e  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

Nutrients; Plankton; Seston; Southwestern Atlantic; Stable isotopes; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; COASTAL WATERS; DRAKE PASSAGE; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; N VALUE; NUTRIENT GRADIENTS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; PLANKTON; REGENERATIVE SYSTEM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA SURFACES; SESTON; SHALLOW WATERS; SHELF ECOSYSTEMS; SHELF WATERS; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUBANTARCTIC WATERS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATES;

ALGAE CONTROL; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ISOTOPES; OCEAN HABITATS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; SILICATES; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE WATERS;

NUTRIENTS;

COASTAL WATER; CORRELATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; REGENERATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SESTON; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 70350786274     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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