Trace metal cycling in the deep water of the South China Sea: The composition, sources, and fluxes of sinking particles

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1225-1243

  Ho, Tung Yuan ^a,b   Chou, Wen Chen ^c   Lin, Hui Ling ^d   Sheu, David D ^d  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEEP WATER; EUPHOTIC ZONE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE MOTION; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRAP; TRACE METAL; TWILIGHT; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 79958800577     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.4.1225     Document Type: Article

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