Intense photooxidative degradation of planktonic and bacterial lipids in sinking particles collected with sediment traps across the Canadian Beaufort Shelf (Arctic Ocean)

• Main Authors: Rontani, J. F., Charrière, B., Forest, A., Heussner, S., Vaultier, F., Petit, M., Delsaut, N., Fortier, L., Sempéré, Richard
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Beaufort Shelf; Arctique*; Copepods; midnight sun
• Online Access: http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010081596

The lipid content of seven samples of sinking particles collected with sediment traps moored at similar to 100m depth in summer and fall across the Canadian Beaufort Shelf (Arctic Ocean) was investigated. Our main goal was to quantify and characterize the biotic and abiotic degradation processes tha...