Marine snow derived from abandoned larvacean houses: Sinking rates, particle content and mechanisms of aggregate formation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 141, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 205-215

  Hansen, Jørgen L S ^a   Kiørboe, Thomas ^b   Alldredge, Alice L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Larvaceans; Marine snow; Mechanisms of aggregation; Scavenging

Indexed keywords

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA;

ABANDONED LARVACEAN HOUSES; AGGREGATION; MARINE SNOW; SINKING RATES;

USA, PACIFIC COAST;

EID: 0029660450     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps141205     Document Type: Article

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