Particle Flux in the Ocean Book

	Foreword
	Preface
	Bibliography - Carbon Unit
	Contributors
1	Particle Flux in the Ocean: Introduction	1
2	Remote Sensing of Parameters Relevant to the Particle Flux in the Ocean Using Meteorological Satellites	7
3	The Atmospheric Transport of Particles to the Ocean	19
4	Riverine Transfer of Particulate Matter to Ocean Systems	53
5	Particle Flux in the Ocean: Oceanographic Tools	71
6	Evaluation of Sediment Traps with Naturally Occurring Radionuclides	85
7	Fluxes of Particles to the Interior of the Open Oceans	91
8	Nitrogen and Carbon Isotopic Tracers of the Source and Transformation of Particles in the Deep Sea	155
9	Temporal Variability of Particle Flux in the Deep Sargasso Sea	185
10	Seasonal and Interannual Particle Fluxes in the Eastern Equatorial Atlantic from 1989 to 1991: ITCZ Migrations and Upwelling	199
11	Preliminary Data on Particle Flux off the Sao Francisco River, Eastern Brazil	215
12	Organic Carbon Fluxes and Sediment Biogeochemistry on the French Mediterranean and Atlantic Margins	223
13	Abiotic and Biotic Forcing on Vertical Particle Flux in the Southern Ocean	243
14	Processes Determining Seasonality and Interannual Variability of Setting Particle Fluxes to the Deep Arabian Sea	251
15	Fresh Water Influx and Particle Flux Variability in the Bay of Bengal	271
16	Fluxes of Particulate Matter in the South China Sea	293
17	Vertical Particle Flux in the Western Pacific Below the North Equatorial Current and the Equatorial Counter Current	313
18	Vertical Particle Flux in Lake Baikal	325
19	Particle Flux in the Ocean: Summary	357
	Index	367