Coupling of benthic oxygen uptake and silica release: Implications for estimating biogenic particle fluxes to the seafloor

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 493-509

  Seiter, Katherina ^a   Hensen, Christian ^c   Zabel, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOGENIC SILICA; CARBON MINERALIZATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DISSOLUTION RATES; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NEW APPROACHES; OXYGEN FLUXES; OXYGEN UPTAKE; PARTICLE FLUXES; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON FLUXES; RAIN RATES; SEA FLOOR; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; ORGANIC CARBON; RAIN; SILICA;

OXYGEN;

BENTHOS; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBON FLUX; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MINERALIZATION; OPAL; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEAFLOOR; SILICA;

EID: 77956700449     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-010-0209-8     Document Type: Article

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