Global assessment of ocean carbon export by combining satellite observations and food-web models

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 181-196

  Siegel, D A ^a   Buesseler, K O ^b   Doney, S C ^b   Sailley, S F ^c   Behrenfeld, M J ^d   Boyd, P W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

biological pump; carbon cycle; carbon export; food webs; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; EFFICIENCY; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING;

BIOLOGICAL PUMPS; CARBON CYCLES; CARBON EXPORT; FOOD WEBS; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE SPECTRA; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

CARBON;

CARBON CYCLE; FOOD WEB; GLOBAL CHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE;

EID: 84895775169     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GB004743     Document Type: Article

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