Hydrocarbons, sterols and alkenones at time series station KERFIX

• Main Authors: Ternois, Yann, Sicre, Marie-Alexandrine, Boireau, Anne, Beaufort, Luc, Miquel, Juan Carlos, Jeandel, Catherine
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1998
• Subjects: Biogeochemical Processes in the Oceans and Fluxes; JGOFS; Joint Global Ocean Flux Study; KERFIX; Kerguelen; MOOR; Mooring; PROOF; Time-series station; Antarctic; Austral; Indian; Southern Ocean; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.740059; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.740059

Hydrocarbons, sterols and alkenones were analyzed in samples collected from a 10 month sediment trap time series deployed in the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean. Fluxes and within-class distributions varied seasonally. During higher mass and organic carbon (OC) flux periods, which occurred...