Factors influencing the stable carbon isotopic composition of suspended and sinking organic matter in the coastal Antarctic sea ice environment

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Henley, S. F., Annett, A. L., Ganeshram, R. S., Carson, D. S., Weston, K., Crosta, X., Tait, A., Dougans, J., Fallick, A. E., Clarke, A.
• Other Authors: School of Geosciences Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh, University of East Anglia Norwich (UEA), UMR 5805 Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux (EPOC), Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers (OASU), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2012
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography; [SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology; [SDU.STU.GC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geochemistry; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Ryder; Ryder Bay; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02105642; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02105642/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02105642/file/Henley_BG2012.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-1137-2012

International audience A high resolution time-series analysis of stable carbon isotopic signatures in particulate organic carbon (δ 13 C POC) and associated biogeochemical parameters in sea ice and surface waters provides an insight into the factors affecting δ 13 C POC in the coastal western Antarc...