Carbon fluxes in the Canadian Arctic: Patterns and drivers of bacterial abundance, production and respiration on the Beaufort Sea margin

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3679-3692

  Ortega Retuerta, E ^a,b,k   Jeffrey, W H ^c   Babin, M ^d,e   Belanger S ^f   Benner, R ^g   Marie, D ^h   Matsuoka, A ^d,e   Raimbault, P ^i,j   Joux, F ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Laboratoire d Océanographie Microbienne   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^d LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^h STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

ⁱ AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^k INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; CARBON FLUX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEEP WATER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUCLEIC ACID; ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; RIVER FLOW; RIVER PLUME; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; MACKENZIE RIVER [NORTHWEST TERRITORIES]; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 84867537675     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-3679-2012     Document Type: Article

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