SCOPE 57
Particle Flux in the Ocean

Abstract
Foreword Hartmut Grassl
Preface John W. B. Stewart

1 Particle Flux in the Ocean: Introduction
V. Ittekkot 1

2 Remote Sensing of Parameters Relevant to the Particle Flux in the Ocean Using Meteorological Satellites
P. Schlüssel 2a 2b

3 The Atmospheric Transport of Particles to the Ocean
J. M. Prospero 3a 3b 3c

4 Riverine Transfer of Particulate Matter to Ocean Systems
P. J. Depetris 4

5 Particle Flux in the Ocean: Oceanographic Tools
V. L. Asper 5

6 Evaluation of Sediment Traps with Naturally Occurring Radionuclides
M. P. Bacon 6

7 Fluxes of Particles to the Interior of the Open Oceans
S. Honjo 7a 7b 7c 7d 7e

8 Nitrogen and Carbon Isotopic Tracers of the Source and Transformation of Particles in the Deep Sea
M. A. Altabet 8a 8b 8c 8d

9 Temporal Variability of Particle Flux in the Deep Sargasso Sea
W. G. Deuser 9a 9b

10 Seasonal and Interannual Particle Fluxes in the Eastern Equatorial Atlantic from 1989 to 1991: ITCZ Migrations and Upwelling
G. Fischer and G. Wefer 10a 10b 10c

11 Preliminary Data on Particle Flux off the São Francisco River, Eastern Brazil
T.C. Jennerjahn, V. Ittekkot and C.E.V. Carvalho 11a 11b

12 Organic Carbon Fluxes and Sediment Biogeochemistry on the French Mediterranean and Atlantic Margins
H. Etcheber, S. Heussner, O. Weber, A. Dinet, X. Durrieu de Madron, A. Monaco, R. Buscail and J.C. Miquel 12

13 Abiotic and Biotic Forcing on Vertical Particle Flux in the Southern Ocean
U. V. Bathmann 13

14 Processes Determining Seasonality and Interannual Variability of Settling Particle Fluxes to the Deep Arabian Sea
B. Haake, T. Rixen, T. Reemtsma, V. Ramaswamy and V. Ittekkot 14a 14b 14c

15 Fresh Water Influx and Particle Flux Variability in the Bay of Bengal
P. Schäfer, V. Ittekkot, M. Bartsch, R. R. Nair and J. Tiemann 15a 15b 15c 15d

16 Fluxes of Particulate Matter in the South China Sea
M. G. Wiesner, L. Zheng, H. K. Wong, Y. Wang and W. Chen -Currently not available-

17 Vertical Particle Flux in the Western Pacific Below the North Equatorial Current and the Equatorial Counter Current
S. Kempe and H. Knaack 17a 17b

18 Vertical Particle Flux in Lake Baikal
S. Kempe and M. Schaumburg 18a 18b

19 Particle Flux in the Ocean: Summary
V. Ittekkot 19

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