Export of submicron particulate organic matter to mesopelagic depth in an oligotrophic gyre

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 31, 2013, Pages 12565-12570

  Close, Hilary G ^a,e   Shah, Sunita R ^a,f   Ingalls, Anitra E ^a,g   Diefendorf, Aaron F ^b,h   Brodie, Eoin L ^c   Hansman, Roberta L ^d,i   Freeman, Katherine H ^b   Aluwihare, Lihini I ^d   Pearson, Ann ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Biomarkers; Carbon isotopes; Oceanography

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON 14; FATTY ACID; LIPID; ORGANIC MATTER;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CELL SIZE; CLIMATE; CYANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PICOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKERS; CARBON ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CYANOBACTERIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MARINE BIOLOGY; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84881105254     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1217514110     Document Type: Article

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