The Role of Aggregates in Biogeochemical Cycles in the Arabian Sea

小行星9310961 美国JGOFS阿拉伯海过程研究提供了一个机会，研究颗粒聚集体在海洋生物化学中的作用。 加德纳，沃尔什和理查森博士将研究在阿拉伯海的颗粒物和聚集体的分布，转换和特性期间和之间的年度季风，努力了解环境条件和颗粒/聚集体动态之间的关系。 各种大小微粒的产生、破坏、相互转化和沉积是海洋地球化学的重要过程，将在空间（垂直和水平）和时间（昼夜至季节）尺度上进行研究。 这项研究将有助于我们理解的粒子和粒子在水柱中的聚集体之间的关系，并结合其他物理，化学和生物测量将提高我们对海洋生物地球化学循环的理解。

9310961 GARDNER The U.S. JGOFS Arabian Sea Process Study affords an opportunity to study the role of particles aggregates in oceanic biochemistry. Drs. Gardner, Walsh, and Richardson will study the distribution, transformations, and characteristics of particulates and aggregates in the Arabian Sea during and between the annual monsoons in an effort to understand the relation between environmental conditions and particles/aggregates dynamics. Production, destruction, interconversion, and sedimentation of particulates of various sizes are important processes in oceanic biogeochemistry and will be studied on spatial (vertical and horizontal) and temporal (diel to seasonal) scales. This study will contribute to our understanding of the relationship between particles and aggregates of particles in the water column, and in combination with other physical, chemical, and biological measurements will improve our understanding of oceanic biogeochemical cycling.