Analysis of remineralisation, lability, temperature sensitivity and structural composition of organic matter from the upper ocean

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 130, Issue , 2015, Pages 125-145

  Bendtsen, Jørgen ^a,c   Hilligsøe, Karen Marie ^b   Hansen, Jørgen L S ^b   Richardson, Katherine ^c  

^a ClimateLab Symbion Science Park   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

BIOLOGICAL DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; STRUCTURAL COMPOSITION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; REMINERALIZATION; SURFACE LAYER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TURBULENT MIXING; UPPER OCEAN;

EID: 84920454372     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2014.10.009     Document Type: Article

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