Biominerals and the vertical flux of particulate organic carbon from the surface ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Balch, W M ^a   Bowler, B C ^a   Drapeau, D T ^a   Poulton, A J ^b   Holligan, P M ^b  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC CARBON; PUMPS; REFRACTION; SILICA;

BIOGENIC SILICA; BIOMINERALS; INORGANIC CARBON; OLIGOTROPHIC REGIONS; PARTICLE OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; ROBUST MODELING; SCATTERING PROPERTY; SINKING RATE; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; SURFACE OCEAN; VERTICAL FLUXES;

AGGLOMERATION;

BACKSCATTER; BALLAST WATER; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; BIOMINERALIZATION; GYRE; LIGHT SCATTERING; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 78649502714     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044640     Document Type: Article

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