Jelly biomass sinking speed reveals a fast carbon export mechanism

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1113-1122

  Lebrato, Mario ^a   de Jesus Mendes, Pedro ^b   Steinberg, Deborah K ^c   Cartes, Joan E ^d   Jones, Bethan M ^e,g   Birsa, Laura M ^f   Benavides, Roberto ^a   Oschlies, Andreas ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PUMP; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EMISSIONS TRADING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; REMINERALIZATION; SEAWATER; UPPER OCEAN; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84877728711     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2013.58.3.1113     Document Type: Article

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