A multiple biomarker approach to tracking the fate of an ice algal bloom to the sea floor

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-112

  Morata, Nathalie ^a,b   Poulin, Michel ^c   Renaud, Paul E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Beaufort Sea; Carbon cycle; Diatoms; Pelagic benthic coupling; Sedimentary pigment

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMARKER; BIOTURBATION; CARBON CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIATOM; ICE COVER; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PELAGIC DEPOSIT; PHYTODETRITUS; SEA ICE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

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

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 78751624563     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0863-3     Document Type: Article

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