The contribution of various types of settling particles to the flux of organic carbon in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1761-1776

  Romero Ibarra, Nancy ^a   Silverberg, Norman ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Export production; Fecal pellets; Marine snow; Microzooplankton; Phytoplankton; Sediment traps

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARBON FLUX; DIATOM; FECAL PELLET; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SETTLING VELOCITY; VOLUME; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 80052836643     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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