GENERAL INDEX
561
– effects on densities, 157
– food supply, 350, 410
– growth, 352
– Indian Ocean, 231
– Pacific Ocean
– – California slope, 190
– – Pacific oligotrophic abyss, 209
– phytodetritus, 156, 160, 325, 351
– recruitment, 352, 406, 407
– related to lifespan, 352
– reproduction, 123, 134, 314, 349, 352, 382, 383, 389, 390,
392, 393, 395, 398, 399, 401, 403, 409, 410
– – Ophiocten gracilis, 330
– sediment community oxygen consumption (SCOC), 160, 335
– vertical flux, 120–123, 321, 333
seawater
– changes in pH, 43
– chemical constituents, 40, 41
– density, 41, 42
– dissolution of gases, 42–44
– light transmission, 44, 45
– sound transmission, 45
– turnover rates, 47
SEBA (Working Group on Seabed Activities), 434
secondary oxidants, 334
secondary production, 349, 350
– Southern Ocean, 253
sedentary fauna, 432, 446
sediment accumulation rate, 128, 184
sediment characteristics, 300
sediment clouds, 326
sediment community oxygen consumption (SCOC), 30, 72, 124,
158, 159, 227, 334, 338, 363–366
– as a proxy for overall rate of seabed remineralization?, 349
– as indicators of organic carbon remineralization, 334–337
– Atlantic Ocean, 123, 159–161, 335
– – BIOTRANS study site, 122, 160
– effects of monsoon, 228
– importance of including flocculant layer, 334
– interannual variability, 352
– measured by shipboard incubations, 334
– – before and after episodic flux, 336
– measuring methods, 334, 335
– oxygen minimum zones, 199, 232
– Pacific Ocean, 212
– – abyssal equatorial Pacific, 204, 205
– – California slope, 190, 194, 195
– seasonality, 160, 335, 363
– spatial variability, 335
– temporal patterns, 335–337
sediment diversity, 299, 300
sediment drifts, 112, 118
sediment fans, 252
sediment mixing, 195, 205
– age-dependent, 205
– diffusive mixing models, 163
– equatorial Pacific, 205
– non-local transport, 164
– phytodetritus, 205
– radiotracer profiles, 164
– rates, 195, 196
– sea urchins, 205
– tracer-dependent, 205
sediment slides, 118, 315, 330, 435
sediment slumping, 118, 211, 330
sediment traps, 2, 51, 71, 72, 120, 132, 252, 314, 317–320, 322,
323, 325, 326, 328, 330, 333, 360, 361, 363–366
– inverted, 329
– Pacific Ocean, 203, 346
– – equatorial Pacific, 203
– time-series, 318, 321
– – Station ‘M’, 328, 336–338, 345, 348, 363
sediment-tray experiments, 165, 196, 406, 407
sediment–water interface, 325
– microbial activity, 332
sedimentary fluxes, 71
– seasonality, 71
sedimentary siliceous oozes, 473
sedimentation, 50, 51, 55, 60, 318
– benthic response, 122
– pulsed, 363
– rates, 361
– – Atlantic Ocean, 112, 118
– – effects of monsoon, 226
– – faecal pellets, 122
– Russian studies, 118
sediments
– accumulation, 163
– animal traces, 155
– Antarctic deep sea, 252
– Arctic Ocean, 243, 244
– – lithology, 244
– – turbidity currents, 244
– Atlantic Ocean, 118, 119, 124, 127
– – Amazon River, 118
– – authigenic deposits, 119
– – calcium carbonate content, 118
– – carbonate oozes, 118
– – erosion, 181
– – foraminiferal oozes, 118
– – mass-movement events, 119
– – massive transport, 118
– – planktonic foraminiferal tests, 118
– – red clay, 118
– – Russian studies, 118
– – Sahara Desert, 118
– – siliceous (diatomaceous) oozes, 118
– – terrigenous sediments, 118
– bacterial activity, 366
– bacterial composition before and after mass deposition, 324
– biogenic mixing, 326
– biogenous, 265
– burial, 347
– calcareous tests of pelagic foraminiferans, 183
– canyons, 197
– Caribbean, 270
– critical shear velocity, 331
– deposition, 111, 225
561
– effects on densities, 157
– food supply, 350, 410
– growth, 352
– Indian Ocean, 231
– Pacific Ocean
– – California slope, 190
– – Pacific oligotrophic abyss, 209
– phytodetritus, 156, 160, 325, 351
– recruitment, 352, 406, 407
– related to lifespan, 352
– reproduction, 123, 134, 314, 349, 352, 382, 383, 389, 390,
392, 393, 395, 398, 399, 401, 403, 409, 410
– – Ophiocten gracilis, 330
– sediment community oxygen consumption (SCOC), 160, 335
– vertical flux, 120–123, 321, 333
seawater
– changes in pH, 43
– chemical constituents, 40, 41
– density, 41, 42
– dissolution of gases, 42–44
– light transmission, 44, 45
– sound transmission, 45
– turnover rates, 47
SEBA (Working Group on Seabed Activities), 434
secondary oxidants, 334
secondary production, 349, 350
– Southern Ocean, 253
sedentary fauna, 432, 446
sediment accumulation rate, 128, 184
sediment characteristics, 300
sediment clouds, 326
sediment community oxygen consumption (SCOC), 30, 72, 124,
158, 159, 227, 334, 338, 363–366
– as a proxy for overall rate of seabed remineralization?, 349
– as indicators of organic carbon remineralization, 334–337
– Atlantic Ocean, 123, 159–161, 335
– – BIOTRANS study site, 122, 160
– effects of monsoon, 228
– importance of including flocculant layer, 334
– interannual variability, 352
– measured by shipboard incubations, 334
– – before and after episodic flux, 336
– measuring methods, 334, 335
– oxygen minimum zones, 199, 232
– Pacific Ocean, 212
– – abyssal equatorial Pacific, 204, 205
– – California slope, 190, 194, 195
– seasonality, 160, 335, 363
– spatial variability, 335
– temporal patterns, 335–337
sediment diversity, 299, 300
sediment drifts, 112, 118
sediment fans, 252
sediment mixing, 195, 205
– age-dependent, 205
– diffusive mixing models, 163
– equatorial Pacific, 205
– non-local transport, 164
– phytodetritus, 205
– radiotracer profiles, 164
– rates, 195, 196
– sea urchins, 205
– tracer-dependent, 205
sediment slides, 118, 315, 330, 435
sediment slumping, 118, 211, 330
sediment traps, 2, 51, 71, 72, 120, 132, 252, 314, 317–320, 322,
323, 325, 326, 328, 330, 333, 360, 361, 363–366
– inverted, 329
– Pacific Ocean, 203, 346
– – equatorial Pacific, 203
– time-series, 318, 321
– – Station ‘M’, 328, 336–338, 345, 348, 363
sediment-tray experiments, 165, 196, 406, 407
sediment–water interface, 325
– microbial activity, 332
sedimentary fluxes, 71
– seasonality, 71
sedimentary siliceous oozes, 473
sedimentation, 50, 51, 55, 60, 318
– benthic response, 122
– pulsed, 363
– rates, 361
– – Atlantic Ocean, 112, 118
– – effects of monsoon, 226
– – faecal pellets, 122
– Russian studies, 118
sediments
– accumulation, 163
– animal traces, 155
– Antarctic deep sea, 252
– Arctic Ocean, 243, 244
– – lithology, 244
– – turbidity currents, 244
– Atlantic Ocean, 118, 119, 124, 127
– – Amazon River, 118
– – authigenic deposits, 119
– – calcium carbonate content, 118
– – carbonate oozes, 118
– – erosion, 181
– – foraminiferal oozes, 118
– – mass-movement events, 119
– – massive transport, 118
– – planktonic foraminiferal tests, 118
– – red clay, 118
– – Russian studies, 118
– – Sahara Desert, 118
– – siliceous (diatomaceous) oozes, 118
– – terrigenous sediments, 118
– bacterial activity, 366
– bacterial composition before and after mass deposition, 324
– biogenic mixing, 326
– biogenous, 265
– burial, 347
– calcareous tests of pelagic foraminiferans, 183
– canyons, 197
– Caribbean, 270
– critical shear velocity, 331
– deposition, 111, 225