Export fluxes in a naturally iron-fertilized area of the Southern Ocean – Part 2: Importance of diatom resting spores and faecal pellets for export
The biological composition of the material exported to a moored sediment trap located under the winter mixed layer of the naturally fertilized Kerguelen Plateau in the Southern Ocean was studied over an annual cycle. Despite iron availability in spring, the annual particulate organic carbon (POC...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2015-06-01
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| Series: | Biogeosciences |
| Online Access: | https://www.biogeosciences.net/12/3171/2015/bg-12-3171-2015.pdf |