Particle size distribution and estimated carbon flux across the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 4541-4557

  Roullier, F ^a,b   Berline, L ^a,b   Guidi, L ^a,b   Durrieu De Madron, X ^c   Picheral, M ^a,b   Sciandra, A ^a,b   Pesant, S ^d   Stemmann, L ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CARBON FLUX; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NEPHELOID LAYER; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL DATA; TRANSECT;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84906957857     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-4541-2014     Document Type: Article

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