A new look at ocean carbon remineralization for estimating deepwater sequestration

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1044-1059

  Guidi, Lionel ^a,b   Legendre, Louis ^a   Reygondeau, Gabriel ^c,d   Uitz, Julia ^a   Stemmann, Lars ^a   Henson, Stephanie A ^e  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon; ocean; remineralization; sequestration

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEEP WATER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PYCNOCLINE; REMINERALIZATION; SURFACE WATER; UPPER OCEAN; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 84939264899     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GB005063     Document Type: Article

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