Bioavailability of sinking organic matter in the Blanes canyon and the adjacent open slope (NW Mediterranean Sea)

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3405-3420

  Lopez Fernandez, P ^a   Bianchelli, S ^b   Pusceddu, A ^b   Calafat, A ^a   Sanchez Vidal, A ^a   Danovaro, R ^b  

^a GRC Geociencies Marines Dept D Estratigrafia Paleontologia i Geociencies Marines   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CANYON; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ORGANIC CARBON; SEA SURFACE; SLOPE; STORM; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; WATER DEPTH;

BLANES BAY; CATALONIA; GERONA [CATALONIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 84882414450     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-3405-2013     Document Type: Article

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