Latitudinal patterns of export production recorded in surface sediments of the Chilean Patagonian fjords (41-55°S) as a response to water column productivity

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 340-355

  Aracena, Claudia ^a   Lange, Carina B ^a   Luis Iriarte, José ^a,b   Rebolledo, Lorena ^b   Pantoja, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Biogenic opal; Fjords; Organic carbon; Patagonia; Primary production; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CARBON ISOTOPE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FJORD; FRESHWATER INPUT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; OPAL; ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOLAR RADIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN;

MAGELLAN STRAIT; PATAGONIA;

CALETA;

EID: 79451474890     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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