Carbon export efficiency and phytoplankton community composition in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3896-3912

  Le Moigne, Frédéric A C ^a,b   Poulton, Alex J ^a   Henson, Stephanie A ^a   Daniels, Chris J ^c   Fragoso, Glaucia M ^c   Mitchell, Elaine ^d   Richier, Sophie ^c   Russell, Benjamin C ^c   Smith, Helen E K ^c   Tarling, Geraint A ^e   Young, Jeremy R ^f   Zubkov, Mike ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic; carbon export; phytoplankton; remineralization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; OXYGEN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMINERALIZATION; SATURATION; SEA ICE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE LAYER; THORIUM ISOTOPE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC SECTOR; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHAEOCYSTIS; PHAEOCYSTIS POUCHETII;

EID: 85027928989     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JC010700     Document Type: Article

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