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: S. F. Henley, A. L. Annett, R. S. Ganeshram, D. S. Carson, K. Weston, X. Crosta, A. Tait, J. Dougans, A. E. Fallick, A. Clarke
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2012
• Subjects: Ecology; QH540-549.5; Life; QH501-531; Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Ryder; Ryder Bay; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-1137-2012; https://doaj.org/article/d8f7bab8b6724ded9beeb0e534ae083e

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 Antarctic Peninsula sea ice...