Carbon export production in the subantarctic zone and polar front zone south of Tasmania

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 2277-2292

  Jacquet, S H M ^a   Lam, P J ^b   Trull, T ^c   Dehairs, F ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

234Th; Carbon transfer efficiency; Export production; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

234TH; CARBON EXPORT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON TRANSFER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; EXPORT FLUX; EXPORT PRODUCTION; FUTURE CLIMATE; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION; HIGH LATITUDES; MESOPELAGIC; NEW PRODUCTION; PARTICLE-SIZE FRACTIONS; POLAR FRONT; PRIMARY PRODUCERS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMINERALIZATION; SOUTHERN OCEAN; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; SUBANTARCTIC ZONES; WATER COLUMNS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EFFICIENCY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISSOLVED MATTER; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLAR FRONT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMINERALIZATION; SEDIMENT TRAP; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TASMANIA;

EID: 80052750960     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.05.035     Document Type: Article

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