Short-term changes in particulate fluxes measured by drifting sediment traps during end summer oligotrophic regime in the NW Mediterranean Sea

Biogeosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 887-899

  Marty, J C ^a,b   Goutx, M ^c,d   Guigue, C ^c,d   Leblond, N ^a,b   Raimbault, P ^c,d  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CHLOROPHYLL A; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GRAZING; HYDROLYSIS; LIPID; METABOLITE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE FLUX; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTIC ZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REDFIELD RATIO; REWORKING; SEDIMENT TRAP; STRATIFICATION; SUMMER; WATER COLUMN;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

ALGAE;

EID: 77951009517     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-887-2009     Document Type: Article

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