Estimates of net community production and export using high-resolution, Lagrangian measurements of O 2, NO 3 -, and POC through the evolution of a spring diatom bloom in the North Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 64, Issue , 2012, Pages 157-174

  Alkire, Matthew B ^a   D'Asaro, Eric ^a   Lee, Craig ^a   Jane Perry, Mary ^b   Gray, Amanda ^a   Cetinić, Ivona ^b   Briggs, Nathan ^b   Rehm, Eric ^a   Kallin, Emily ^b   Kaiser, Jan ^c   González Posada, Alba ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon export; Lagrangian float; Net community production; North Atlantic; Sensors; Spring bloom

Indexed keywords

CARBON EXPORT; LAGRANGIAN FLOATS; NET COMMUNITY PRODUCTIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC; SPRING BLOOMS;

CARBON; ESTIMATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SENSORS;

BLOOMS (METAL);

ALGAL BLOOM; CARBON FLUX; DIATOM; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NITRATE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; REMINERALIZATION; RESPIRATION; SENSOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84860278126     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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