Twilight zone organic carbon remineralization in the Polar Front Zone and Subantarctic Zone south of Tasmania

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 2222-2234

  Jacquet, S H M ^a   Dehairs, F ^a   Dumont, I ^b   Becquevort, S ^b   Cavagna, A J ^a   Cardinal, D ^c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biological pump; Carbon transfer efficiency; Mesopelagic carbon mineralization; Particulate biogenic barium; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PUMPS; CARBON TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; MESOPELAGIC; PARTICULATE BIOGENIC BARIUM; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACTERIOLOGY; BARIUM; EFFICIENCY; OCEAN HABITATS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; MAGNITUDE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; POLAR FRONT; REMINERALIZATION; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TASMANIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80052729016     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.05.029     Document Type: Article

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