Influence of upper-ocean physical processes on the carbon flux variation in the mesopelagic equatorial Atlantic.
Influence of upper-ocean physical processes on the carbon flux variation in the mesopelagic equatorial Atlantic.
Rainer Kiko1, Silvana Battista Pennick2, Rubens Mendes Lopes3, Paulo S Polito4, Franz Philip Tuchen5, Ana Mariani2, Alberto Baudena6, Lars Stemmann7, Danilo Silva8, Peter Brandt1, Gleice Santos2 and Leo Rolland9, (1)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, (2)University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, (3)Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Oceanografia Biológica, Sao Paulo, Brazil, (4)Oceanographic Institute of the University of Sao Paulo (IOUSP), Sao Paulo, Brazil, (5)Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, University of Miami, Miami, United States, (6)Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche- Istituto di Scienze Marine (CNR-ISMAR), Lerici, Italy, (7)Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, (8)Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Oceanografia Biológica, São Paulo, Brazil, (9)Laboratoire d'Oceanographie de Villefranche, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France