Temporal variability of downward fluxes of organic carbon off Monterey Bay (CA, USA)
| dc.contributor.author | Castro, Carmen G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Collins, Curt | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pennington, Tim | |
| dc.contributor.author | Michisaki, Reiko | |
| dc.contributor.author | Chavez, Francisco | |
| dc.date | February 22 - 27, 2015 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-04-29T22:08:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-04-29T22:08:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-02 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10945/45112 | |
| dc.description | Presented at the 2015 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, 22-27 Feb 2015, Granada Spain | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The interannual and seasonal changes in the vertical biogenic particulate fluxes, and its relation to the environmental conditions in the coastal upwelling region of Monterey Bay (Central California) has been studied since 1998 till 2006. The magnitude and composition of the settling particles presented a large interannual and seasonal variability. Organic carbon (Corg) fluxes ranged between 4 - 296 mgC·m-2·day-1 and 1 - 142 mgC·m-2·day-1 for shallow and deep sediment traps respectively. The time series of Corg vertical export was characterized by pulses of intense fluxes, that were associated to peaks of primary production, generally during upwelling periods. These results illustrate how the hydrodynamics and primary production of this coastal upwelling system regulates the vertical export of biogenic particles. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This project was funded by the David and Lucile Packard foundation, the Naval Post Graduate School, and the National Research Council. We thank the crews of R/V Point Lobos, R/V Point Sur and R/V New Horizon. We specially thank Marla Stone and Erich Rienecker for mooring deployment | en_US |
| dc.rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. | en_US |
| dc.title | Temporal variability of downward fluxes of organic carbon off Monterey Bay (CA, USA) | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Oceanography | en_US |
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