Deep silicon maxima in the stratified oligotrophic Mediterranean Sea

The silicon biogeochemical cycle has been studied in the Mediterranean Sea during late summer/early autumn 1999 and summer 2008. The distribution of nutrients, particulate carbon and silicon, fucoxanthin (Fuco), and total chlorophyll-<i>a</i> (TChl-<i>a&...

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Main Authors: Y. Crombet, K. Leblanc, B. Quéguiner, T. Moutin, P. Rimmelin, J. Ras, H. Claustre, N. Leblond, L. Oriol, M. Pujo-Pay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-02-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/8/459/2011/bg-8-459-2011.pdf