Variability of the Monsoon and Biogenic Particle Flux in the Arabian Sea: Faunal and Isotopic Tracers

小行星9310676 有孔虫和放射虫除了在浮游动物中的重要性和作为海洋食物网中的环节外，还产生硬的部分，分别促进碳酸钙和乳白色二氧化硅从上层海洋流向海底。 作为阿拉伯海过程研究的一部分，来自伍兹霍尔海洋学研究所和布朗大学的科学家将通过检查从浮游生物拖丝、沉积物捕集器和海底沉积物芯中采集的样本，量化季风对有孔虫和放射虫的生产及其坚硬部分流入海底的影响。 这些研究应该有助于我们了解海洋生物生产和与季风有关的粒子通量的现代和历史模式。 ***

9310676 Prell Besides their importance in the zooplankton and as links in the marine food web, foraminifera and radiolaria also produce hard parts that contribute to the flux, respectively, of calcium carbonate and opaline silica from the upper ocean to the sea floor. As part of the Arabian Sea Process Study, scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Brown University will quantify the effects of the monsoon winds upon the production of foraminifera and radiolaria and upon the flux of their hard parts to the seafloor by examining samples taken from plankton tows, sediment traps, and in sediment cores from the seafloor. Such studies should help us to understand both present- day and historical patterns of oceanic biological production and particle flux associated with the monsoons. ***