Three-year assessment of particulate organic carbon fluxes in Amundsen Gulf (Beaufort Sea): Satellite observations and sediment trap measurements

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-142

  Forest, Alexandre ^a   Bélanger, Simon ^b   Sampei, Makoto ^a   Sasaki, Hiroshi ^c   Lalande, Catherine ^a   Fortier, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c ISHINOMAKI SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Environmental forcing; Inter annual variability; Particulate organic carbon fluxes; Remote sensing; Sequential sediment traps

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL FLUX; ARCTIC OCEAN; AUTOCHTHONOUS PROCESS; BEAUFORT SEA; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FORCING; ICE BREAK-UP; ICE CONDITIONS; ICE COVER; ICE EDGE; ICE ZONES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NEARSHORES; OCEAN COLOR; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON FLUXES; POC FLUX; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SURFACE CONCENTRATION; VERTICAL FLUXES; WATER DEPTH;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; OCEAN CURRENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; REMOTE SENSING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEA ICE; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; AUTOCHTHON; BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ICE BREAKUP; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENT TRAP;

AMUNDSEN GULF; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 72249108197     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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