Sinking export of particulate organic material from the euphotic zone in the eastern Beaufort Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 410, Issue , 2010, Pages 55-70

  Juul Pedersen, Thomas ^a,b,c   Michel, Christine ^a   Gosselin, Michel ^b  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Beaufort Sea; Carbon; Fecal pellets; Particulate organic matter; Phytoplankton; Sea ice; Sedimentation; Shelf

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FECAL PELLET; FLAGELLATE; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SAMPLING; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; FRANKLIN BAY; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COPEPODA; FRAGILARIOPSIS CYLINDRUS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NAVICULA VANHOEFFENII; NITZSCHIA FRIGIDA; PROTISTA;

EID: 77955859307     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08608     Document Type: Article

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