Remineralization of particulate organic carbon in an ocean oxygen minimum zone

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Cavan, E L ^a,b   Trimmer, M ^c   Shelley, F ^c   Sanders, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; WATER;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRAGMENTATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; REMINERALIZATION; RESPIRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; MINERALIZATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEA; SURFACE AREA; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 85016045917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14847     Document Type: Article

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