Carbon export in the naturally iron-fertilized Kerguelen area of the Southern Ocean based on the 234Th approach

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3831-3848

  Planchon, F ^a   Ballas, D ^b   Cavagna, A J ^b   Bowie, A R ^c,d   Davies, D ^d   Trull, T ^c,d,e   Laurenceau Cornec, E C ^c,d,e   Van Der Merwe, P ^d   Dehairs, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FILTRATION; GRAZING; HETEROGENEITY; IRON; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MEANDER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; POLAR FRONT; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; SEDIMENT TRAP; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THORIUM ISOTOPE;

INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84932621407     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-3831-2015     Document Type: Article

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