Variability in the average sinking velocity of marine particles

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2085-2096

  McDonnell, Andrew M P ^a   Buesseler, Ken O ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; FECAL PELLET; GEL; IMAGING METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE FLUX; POLYMER; RESOLUTION; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT TRAP; SETTLING VELOCITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOKES FORMULA; WATER COLUMN;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; MARGUERITE BAY; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 77958051464     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.5.2085     Document Type: Article

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