Organic carbon flux and oxygen penetration into sediments of the Weddell Sea: indicators for regional differences in export production

• Published in: Marine Chemistry
• Main Author: Schlüter, Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 1991
• Subjects: Antarctic; Filchner Ice Shelf; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/47057/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/47057/1/1-s2.0-S0304420309900433-main.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-4203(09)90043-3

The flux of reactive organic carbon (C(org)) into sediments of the southern and eastern Weddell Sea was estimated by modelling measured oxygen and nitrate pore-water profiles. Highest flux of reactive organic carbon into the sediment was calculated for the shelf region (500 and 600 mmol C m-2 year-1...