Summertime primary production and carbon export in the southeastern Beaufort Sea during the low ice year of 2008

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1989-2005

  Sallon, Amélie ^a,b   Michel, Christine ^b   Gosselin, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Beaufort Sea; Carbon; Exopolymeric substances; Primary production; Sedimentation; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COASTAL WATER; FOOD WEB; GEL; HYDRODYNAMICS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CAPE BATHURST POLYNYA;

COPEPODA;

EID: 81255136162     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1055-5     Document Type: Article

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