THE COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE PARTICULATE MATTER IN THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN (CHILE) DURING THE 1991 AND 1995 ITALIAN CAMPAIGNS

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: CAPELLO M, CASTELLANO M, CUTRONEO L, ORSI M, MUZZI M, RUGGIERI N, TUCCI S, POVERO P., BUDILLON, Giorgio
• Other Authors: Capello, M, Castellano, M, Cutroneo, L, Budillon, Giorgio, Orsi, M, Muzzi, M, Ruggieri, N, Tucci, S, Povero, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Particulate organic carbon; Strait of Magellan; Water mass characteristics; Antarctic; Ancho; Paso Ancho; Central Basin; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11367/24934; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-011-0983-4

During 1991 and 1995, the Italian National Program for Antarctic Research carried out two oceanographic campaigns in the framework of the International (Strait of) Magellan Project. In this paper, we describe the distribution, biochemical composition, and mineralogical characteristics of particulate...