Carbon export associated with free-drifting icebergs in the Southern Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1485-1496

  Smith, K L ^a   Sherman, A D ^a   Shaw, T J ^b   Murray, A E ^c   Vernet, M ^d   Cefarelli, A O ^e  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Carbon export; Icebergs; Lagrangian sediment traps; Particulate organic carbon flux; Pelagic community; Weddell sea

Indexed keywords

CARBON EXPORT; ICEBERGS; LAGRANGIAN SEDIMENT TRAPS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON FLUX; PELAGIC COMMUNITY; WEDDELL SEA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DIATOM; ICE DRIFT; ICEBERG; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MOLT; OPEN WATER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENT TRAP;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CORETHRON PENNATUM; CRUSTACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; FRAGILARIOPSIS CYLINDRUS;

EID: 79955468697     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.11.027     Document Type: Article

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