High particle export over the continental shelf of the west Antarctic Peninsula

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Buesseler, Ken O ^a   McDonnell, Andrew M P ^a   Schofield, Oscar M E ^b   Steinberg, Deborah K ^c   Ducklow, Hugh W ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^d ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; BENTHIC FOOD WEBS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CYLINDRICAL TRAPS; HIGH FLUX; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE FLUXES; PARTICULATE CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; QUANTITATIVE FLUX; REGENERATION EFFICIENCY; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SHALLOW WATERS;

ECOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BENTHOS; CARBON FLUX; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FOOD WEB; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHALLOW WATER; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TIME SERIES;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 78649662119     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045448     Document Type: Article

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