Sediment bioavailable organic matter, deposition rates and mixing intensity in the Setúbal-Lisbon canyon and adjacent slope (Western Iberian Margin)

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1012-1026

  Garcia R ^a   Thomsen, L ^a   de Stigter, H C ^b   Epping, E ^b   Soetaert, K ^c   Koning, E ^b   de Jesus Mendes, P A ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deposition rates; Lability; Mixing rates; Organic contents; Set bal Lisbon canyon

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND LEVEL; C:N RATIO; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPLASTIC PIGMENTS; DEEP SEA; DEGRADATION INDEX; LABILE ORGANIC MATTER; LATERAL TRANSPORT; MIXING INTENSITY; MIXING RATES; OCEAN SURFACES; ORGANIC CONTENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENT PROFILES; SLOPE SEDIMENT; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TRANSPORT MODELS;

AGGLOMERATION; AMINO ACIDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; DEPOSITION RATES; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MIXING; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PORPHYRINS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHLOROPHYLL A; DEEP SEA; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LEAD ISOTOPE; MIXING; ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REWORKING; SEA SURFACE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SHALLOW WATER; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMARINE SLOPE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRAP (GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE);

LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL; SETUBAL [PORTUGAL];

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77954316241     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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