Distribution and composition of suspended biogenic particles in surface waters across Subarctic and Arctic seas

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6867-6880

  Wyatt, Shea N ^a   Crawford, David W ^a   Wrohan, Ian A ^a   Varela, Diana E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; biogenic silica; particle ratios; particulate carbon; particulate nitrogen; phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC; BIOGENIC SILICA; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; EUPHOTIC ZONE; NORTH PACIFIC; PARTICLE RATIOS; PARTICULATE CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON;

SILICA;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIATOM; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILICA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84892902600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009214     Document Type: Article

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