Downward fluxes of elemental carbon, metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in settling particles from the deep Ionian Sea (NESTOR site), Eastern Mediterranean

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4449-4464

  Theodosi, C ^a   Parinos, C ^b   Gogou, A ^b   Kokotos, A ^a   Stavrakakis, S ^b   Lykousis, V ^b   Hatzianestis, J ^b   Mihalopoulos, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FOREST FIRE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PAH; POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEA SURFACE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT TRAP; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GREECE; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84880168244     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-4449-2013     Document Type: Article

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