Major contribution of diatom resting spores to vertical flux in the sub-polar North Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 82, Issue , 2013, Pages 60-71

  Rynearson, T A ^a   Richardson, K ^b   Lampitt, R S ^c   Sieracki, M E ^d   Poulton, A J ^c   Lyngsgaard, M M ^b   Perry, M J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Carbon flux; Chaetoceros; Diatom resting spores; Floating sediment traps; North Atlantic spring bloom

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUXES; CHAETOCEROS; DIATOM RESTING SPORES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; ORGANIC CARBON FLUXES; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SPRING BLOOMS;

AGGREGATES; CARBON; CELLS; FORESTRY; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SURFACE WATERS;

CYTOLOGY;

AGGREGATE; ALGAL BLOOM; CARBON FLUX; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENT TRAP; SILICIC ACID; SPORE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ICELAND BASIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; DIADEMA;

EID: 84883515184     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.07.013     Document Type: Article

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