Distribution of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in distinct regions of the Southern Ocean

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Zamanillo Campos, Marina, Ortega-Retuerta, E., Nunes, Sdena, Estrada, Marta, Sala, M. Montserrat, Royer, S.-J., López-Sandoval, Daffne, Emelianov, Mikhail, Vaqué, Dolors, Marrasé, Cèlia, Simó, Rafel
• Other Authors: Ministerio de Educación y Cultura (España), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: Transparent exopolymer particles; Phytoplankton; Prokaryotes; Solar radiation dose; Southern Ocean; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Orkney Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/195124; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.524; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329

13 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables, supplementary data https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.524 Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) are an abundant class of suspended organic particles, mainly formed by polysaccharides, which play important roles in biogeochemical and ecological processes in th...