Attenuation of particulate organic carbon flux in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean, is controlled by zooplankton fecal pellets

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 821-830

  Cavan, E L ^a   Le Moigne, F A C ^b   Poulton, A J ^b,c   Tarling, G A ^d   Ward, P ^d   Daniels, C J ^a   Fragoso, G M ^a   Sanders, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon export; marine particles; transfer efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; EFFICIENCY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PELLETIZING; SEA ICE;

CARBON EXPORT; MARINE PARTICLES; ORGANIC CARBON FLUXES; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON FLUXES; REMINERALIZATION; SEASONAL ICE ZONES; TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; FECAL PELLET; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTODETRITUS; REMINERALIZATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SEA;

EID: 84925153843     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062744     Document Type: Article

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