The sequestration efficiency of the biological pump

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Devries, Tim ^a   Primeau, Francois ^b   Deutsch, Curtis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EFFICIENCY; NUTRIENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CO; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL PUMPS; CARBON STORAGE; DISSOLVED NUTRIENTS; GLOBAL MAP; REGIONAL PATTERN; RESIDENCE TIME; SINKING PARTICLES; SURFACE OCEAN; TIME-SCALES; WATER MASS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; TIMESCALE; WATER MASS;

EID: 84863331624     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051963     Document Type: Article

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