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| Guieu, C; Roy-barman, M; Leblond, N; Jeandel, C; Souhaut, M; Le Cann, Bernard; Dufour, A; Bournot, C. |
| In the framework of the Programme Ocean Multidisciplinaire Meso Echelle (POMME) experiment, a 1.5 year record (February 2001-June 2002) of downward particle flux at 400 m and 1000 m was measured by sediment traps at four moorings located in the northeast Atlantic between 39 degrees-43 degrees N and 17 degrees-19 degrees W. Thorium-230 was used to estimate sediment trap efficiency, revealing values ranging from 18.5 to 55%. The lowest trapping efficiency was observed for the trap having experienced the highest currents. Significant interannual variability between 2001 and 2002 was clearly linked to the differences observed in the mixed layer depth. At some sites, particulate organic carbon (POC) export was higher (up to a factor of 1.6) during summer than... |
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Palavras-chave: Sediment traps; Carbon export; Biogenic and lithogenic tracers; Mesoscale circulation; Thorium isotopes. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/10982/7422.pdf |
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