Dinamica dei flussi verticali di carbonio organico particellato nell'Adriatico meridionale

Downward fluxes of particulate matter and its biogenic components were determined in the Southern Adriatic basin below the photic layer and near the bottom utilising a mooring with sediment traps. C-export was related to the biological processes occurring in the upper water column and to the phytoplankton assemblage. At bottom, advective transport and resuspension of bottom sediment influenced the observed fluxes.