The influence of extracellular polysaccharides, growth rate, and free coccoliths on the coagulation efficiency of Emiliania huxleyi

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 175, Issue , 2015, Pages 5-17

  Chow, Jennifer Szlosek ^a,b   Lee, Cindy ^a   Engel, Anja ^a,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAGULATION; COCCOLITH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; COUETTE FLOW; DEEP SEA; GROWTH RATE; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYSACCHARIDE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT TRAP;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84938749614     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2015.04.010     Document Type: Article

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