Controls on mesopelagic particle fluxes in the Sub-Antarctic and Polar Frontal Zones in the Southern Ocean south of Australia in summer-Perspectives from free-drifting sediment traps

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 2260-2276

  Ebersbach, Friederike ^a,b   Trull, Thomas W ^b,c,d   Davies, Diana M ^b   Bray, Stephen G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Export flux; Mesopelagic; PFZ; SAZ; Sinking particles; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

EXPORT FLUX; MESOPELAGIC; PFZ; SAZ; SINKING PARTICLES; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

AGGREGATES; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; GELS; OCEAN HABITATS; ORGANIC CARBON; SILICA; SPHERES;

AGGLOMERATION;

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATE; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CHLOROPHYLL; DIATOM; FECAL PELLET; GEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; IRON; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; PARTICLE MOTION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; POLAR FRONT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SILICA; SUMMER; TIME SERIES;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 80052694724     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.05.025     Document Type: Article

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