Production and retention of biogenic matter in the southeast Beaufort Sea during 2003-2004: Insights from annual vertical particle fluxes of organic carbon and biogenic silica

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 501-511

  Sampei, Makoto ^a   Sasaki, Hiroshi ^b   Makabe, Ryosuke ^b,c   Forest, Alexandre ^a,d   Hattori, Hiroshi ^e   Tremblay, Jean Éric ^a   Gratton, Yves ^d   Fukuchi, Mitsuo ^f   Fortier, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b ISHINOMAKI SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^e TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biogenic Si flux; Diatom production; Mackenzie Shelf; POC flux; POC retention

Indexed keywords

AUTOCHTHON; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; DIATOM; FEEDING GROUND; FOOD WEB; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT TRAP; SILICA; SURFACE LAYER; TROPHIC LEVEL; UPWELLING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CAPE BATHURST POLYNYA; MACKENZIE SHELF;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 79952701339     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0904-y     Document Type: Article

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