What causes the inverse relationship between primary production and export efficiency in the Southern Ocean?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 4457-4466

  Le Moigne, Frédéric A C ^a,b   Henson, Stephanie A ^a   Cavan, Emma ^c   Georges, Clément ^d   Pabortsava, Katsiaryna ^c   Achterberg, Eric P ^b,c   Ceballos Romero, Elena ^e   Zubkov, Mike ^a   Sanders, Richard J ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

carbon export; primary production; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC CO; CARBON EXPORT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; MICROBIAL ABUNDANCES; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE LAYERS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GAS EXCHANGE; GRAZING PRESSURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SURFACE LAYER; ZOOPLANKTON;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84966344030     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068480     Document Type: Article

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