FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI The retention of cadmium and zinc in appendicularian houses
BT 
AF FISHER, NS
   NOLAN, CV
   GORSKY, G
AS 1:;2:;3:;
FF 1:;2:;3:;
IF 0.662
TC 3
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00103/21376/18976.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;APPENDICULARIANS;CADMIUM;ZINC;LARVACEANS;VERTICAL TRANSPORT
AB The discarded houses of appendicularians can be important components of marine snow and might therefore be instrumental in mediating the vertical flux of metals from surface waters in oceanic ecosystems. Their significance in this regard depends on the retention of metals in these organic debris. To assess this, an experiment was conducted in which the release of cadmium and zinc from discarded houses of the appendicularian Oikopleura longicauda was studied using gamma-emitting radiotracers. The retention curves of the two metals conformed with a single exponential decay loss model. The retention half-times were of the order of two days, suggesting that sinking appendicularian houses would not transport these metals to deep ocean waters but could contribute to their flux out of surface waters.
PY 1991
SO Oceanologica Acta
SN 0399-1784
PU Gauthier-Villars
VL 14
IS 4
UT A1991GG20000010
BP 427
EP 430
ID 21376
ER

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