The Flux of Particles to the Deep Sea

The Flux of Particles to the Deep Sea: Methods, Measurements and ...

Before sediment traps were widely used, the determination of particle fluxes in the ocean centered on measuring the size and abundance of particles, estimat-.

The Flux of Particles to the Deep Sea: Methods, Measurements, and ...

Citation. Gardner, W.D. 1997. The flux of particles to the deep sea: Methods, measurements, and mechanisms. Oceanography 10(3):116–121, https:// ...

Sinking flux of particulate organic matter in the oceans - Nature

The sinking of organic particles produced in the upper sunlit layers of the ocean forms an important limb of the oceanic biological pump, ...

Particle flux in deep seas: regional characteristics and temporal ...

Abstract. Particle flux data have been collated from the literature representing most areas of the open ocean to determine regional trends in deep water flux ...

The Oceanic Particle Flux and its Cycling Within the Deep Water ...

The oceanic particle flux plays a major role in global elemental cycles, the ocean uptake of carbon dioxide, and the transfer of energy and matter to the deep ...

Deep ocean particle flux in the Northeast Atlantic over the past 30 ...

The time series of downward particle flux at 3000 m at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory (PAP-SO) in the Northeast Atlantic is ...

Global Ocean Sediment Composition and Burial Flux in the Deep Sea

We assumed that two primary factors determine particle flux at the seafloor in the absence of sediment redistribution effects: (1) water depth ...

9 Particle Fluxes in the Ocean and Implications for Sources and ...

CONCLUSIONS. Biological debris dominates the settling particle flux in most open ocean sites. This flux of material is not only an important mechanism for ...

Temporally-Resolved Mechanisms Of Deep-Ocean Particle Flux ...

Contributions of fecal pellets and aggregates to particulate organic carbon (POC) flux at 3900 m depth were estimated based on optical sediment trap ( ...

Particle flux in the oceans: Challenging the steady state assumption

This depth is generally estimated from particle flux profiles measured using sediment traps. Inherent in this analysis is a steady state ...

Deep ocean nutrients imply large latitudinal variation in particle ...

The “transfer efficiency” of sinking organic particles through the mesopelagic zone and into the deep ocean is a critical determinant of the atmosphere−ocean ...

Contribution of zooplankton fecal pellets to deep ocean particle flux ...

In the Mediterranean, Carroll et al. (Carroll et al., 1998) estimated that fecal pellets contributed on average 8% of the carbon flux at a depth of 2000 m, only ...

Increased particle flux to the deep ocean related to monsoons - Nature

MONSOONS cause seasonal reversals in the surface circulation of the northern Indian Ocean1. In the Arabian Sea this results in the upwelling ...

Particle flux and its preservation in deep sea sediments.

Particle flux and its preservation in deep sea sediments. ; English · 1679-2279 · Deep-Sea Research Part 1. Oceanographic Research Papers · 47 · 9-11.

Seasonal variability of deep ocean particle fluxes and ... - SpringerLink

The results show that the total mass flux of sinking particles at a water depth of 1000 m ranges from 13.00 to 334.59 mg⋅d−1⋅m−2). A marked ...

Particle Flux in the deep Sargasso Sea : the 35-Year Oceanic Flux ...

The Oceanic Flux Program (OFP) sediment trap time series, the longest running time series of its kind, has continuously measured particle fluxes in the deep ...

Deep ocean particle flux in the Northeast Atlantic over the past 30 ...

The time series of downward particle flux at 3000 m at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory (PAP-SO) in the Northeast Atlantic is presented for ...

Particle flux in deep seas: regional characteristics and ... - OceanRep

In polar regions the range is wider (0.01–5.9 g/m2/y). Latitudinal trends are not apparent for most components of the flux although calcite flux ...

Particle flux from deep sea sediment trap NBP96-05-01-2 - Open Polar

Particle flux from deep sea sediment trap NBP96-05-01-2 ; ftpangaea · English · 11130123 M7a AESOPS Antarctic Environments Southern Ocean Process Study Calculated

(PDF) Deep ocean particle flux in the Northeast Atlantic over the ...

We propose that they sink fast and are degraded little during their transport to depth. In terms of atmospheric CO2 uptake by the oceans, the ...