Estimating relative flux of phytodetritus, fecal pellets, and bacterial biomass using compound-specific isotope analysis of amino acids at Station Papa (EXPORTS)

Hilary G Close1, Paul K Wojtal1, Lillian C Henderson1, Claudia R Benitez-Nelson2, Ken Buesseler3, Margaret L Estapa4, Steven M Pike5, Brian N Popp6 and Montserrat Roca-Marti3, (1)Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Department of Ocean Sciences, Miami, FL, United States, (2)University of South Carolina, School of the Earth, Ocean, and Environment, Columbia, SC, United States, (3)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (4)Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States, (5)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (6)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Earth Sciences, Honolulu, HI, United States