Plankton and particle size and packaging: From determining optical properties to driving the biological pump

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 263-290

  Stemmann, L ^a   Boss, E ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

biological pumps; marine particles; size distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL FLUXES; BIOLOGICAL PUMPS; COMPLEX INTERACTION; DEEP OCEAN; ENERGY FLUXES; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LARGE PARTICLES; MARINE PARTICLES; PICOPLANKTON; SYNOPTIC SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN HABITATS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SENSORS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AGGLOMERATION;

SEA WATER;

AGGREGATE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; DEEP SEA; DETRITUS; ENERGY FLUX; FOOD WEB; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PLANKTON; SEA SURFACE; SENSOR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SIZE STRUCTURE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; REVIEW; SEA;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OCEANS AND SEAS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANKTON; SEAWATER;

EID: 83655191011     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-120710-100853     Document Type: Review

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