A comparative study of the particle size spectra for Arctic, North Atlantic and Southern Ocean spring blooms: implications for POC export and sinking velocity.

Feliciano C de Soto1, Elena Ceballos-Romero2, Morten H. Iversen3 and Maria Villa-Alfageme2, (1)Universidad Pablo Olavide, Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems, Spain, (2)Universidad de Sevilla, Applied Physics II, Sevilla, Spain, (3)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany