Primary production export flux in Marguerite Bay (Antarctic Peninsula): Linking upper water-column production to sediment trap flux

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-66

  Weston, Keith ^a,b   Jickells, Timothy D ^a   Carson, Damien S ^c   Clarke, Andrew ^d   Meredith, Michael P ^d   Brandon, Mark A ^e   Wallace, Margaret I ^d,e,h   Ussher, Simon J ^f,i   Hendry, Katharine R ^g,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Aquaculture and Fisheries Science   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^j CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; F ratio; New production; Primary production; Regenerated production; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; F RATIO; NEW PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ISOTOPES; NUTRIENTS; UREA;

SEDIMENT TRAPS;

AMMONIUM; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COASTAL WATER; DEEP WATER; FLUX MEASUREMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT TRAP; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UREA; WATER COLUMN;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; MARGUERITE BAY; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84874614086     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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