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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4981-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4981-2023
Research article
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18 Dec 2023
Research article |  | 18 Dec 2023

Influence of a small submarine canyon on biogenic matter export flux in the lower St. Lawrence Estuary, eastern Canada

Hannah Sharpe, Michel Gosselin, Catherine Lalande, Alexandre Normandeau, Jean-Carlos Montero-Serrano, Khouloud Baccara, Daniel Bourgault, Owen Sherwood, and Audrey Limoges

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We studied the impact of submarine canyon processes within the Pointe-des-Monts system on biogenic matter export and phytoplankton assemblages. Using data from three oceanographic moorings, we show that the canyon experienced two low-amplitude sediment remobilization events in 2020–2021 that led to enhanced particle fluxes in the deep-water column layer > 2.6 km offshore. Sinking phytoplankton fluxes were lower near the canyon compared to background values from the lower St. Lawrence Estuary.
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