Water column distribution and carbon isotopic signal of cholesterol, brassicasterol and particulate organic carbon in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2787-2801

  Cavagna, A J ^a   Dehairs, F ^a   Bouillon, S ^b   Woule Ebongue V ^a   Planchon, F ^c,f   Delille, B ^d   Bouloubassi, I ^e  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^f INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALGA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEEP WATER; FECES; GROWTH RATE; GYRE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEA ICE; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC SECTOR; CAPE BASIN; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 84880736103     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-2787-2013     Document Type: Article

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