Biological controls on dissolution of diatom frustules during their descent to the deep ocean: Lessons learned from controlled laboratory experiments

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1147-1157

  Passow, Uta ^a,b   French, Megan A ^b,c   Robert, Maya ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogenic opal; Diatom sedimentation; Diatomaceous oozes; Silica cycling; Silica dissolution

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL COMPOSITION; BIOGENIC OPAL; BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; BIOTIC FACTORS; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; DEEP OCEAN; DIATOMACEOUS OOZES; DIFFERENT PROCESS; DISSOLUTION BEHAVIOR; DISSOLUTION DYNAMICS; DISSOLUTION RATES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IDENTICAL CONDITIONS; IN-SITU; INSTANTANEOUS DISSOLUTION; LAG PERIOD; LIMITING CONDITION; LOW GROWTH RATE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICROBIAL ATTACK; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STATUS; POLAR TEMPERATURE; PROTECTIVE MEMBRANES; SEA FLOOR; SILICA CYCLING; SILICA DISSOLUTION; SINKING VELOCITY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

BACTERIA; DEGRADATION; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTS; MEMBRANES; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENTS; SILICA;

DISSOLUTION;

AGGREGATION; BIOGENIC MINERAL; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOTIC FACTOR; DEEP SEA; DIATOM; DISSOLUTION; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; LABORATORY METHOD; MEMBRANE; OOZE; OPAL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTODETRITUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAETOCEROS DEBILIS; FRAGILARIOPSIS KERGUELENSIS;

EID: 80053443193     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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