Intense photooxidative degradation of planktonic and bacterial lipids in sinking particles collected with sediment traps across the Canadian Beaufort Shelf (Arctic Ocean)

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4787-4802

  Rontani, J F ^a   Charriere, B ^a   Forest, A ^b   Heussner, S ^c   Vaultier, F ^a   Petit, M ^a   Delsaut, N ^c   Fortier, L ^b   Sempere R ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CELL ORGANELLE; DIATOM; LIPID; OXIDATION; OXIDE; OXYGEN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTODEGRADATION; PLANKTON; SEDIMENT TRAP; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; BEAUFORT SHELF;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPEPODA;

EID: 84869183789     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-4787-2012     Document Type: Article

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