Primary productivity and chemical composition of marine snow in surface waters of the Southern California Bight

Authors

Alice L. Alldredge, Oceanic Biology Group, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106, U.S.A.
James L. Cox, Oceanic Biology Group, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106, U.S.A.

Abstract

The primary productivity of flocculent marine snow (fragile and amorphous macroscopic particulates) was measured for the first time using samples collected quantitatively in surface waters of the Southern California Bight….

Recommended Citation

Alldredge, Alice L., and James L. Cox. 1982. "Primary productivity and chemical composition of marine snow in surface waters of the Southern California Bight." Journal of Marine Research 40, (2). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1595