Carbon export and transfer to depth across the Southern Ocean Great Calcite Belt

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 3953-3971

  Rosengard, S Z ^a,b   Lam, P J ^a,c   Balch, W M ^d   Auro, M E ^a   Pike, S ^a   Drapeau, D ^d   Bowler, B ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMERSAL FISH; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MIGRATION; PELAGIC FISH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SATELLITE DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84944460524     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-3953-2015     Document Type: Article

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