Food-web mediated export of biogenic carbon in oceans: Hydrodynamic control

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 145, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 179-193

  Legendre, Louis ^a   Rassoulzadegan, Fereidoun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon flux; Food web; Hydrodynamics; Matching; Oceans; Phytoplankton production; Size

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC CARBON; BIOGENIC CARBON EXPORT; CARBON CYCLE; FOOD WEB; FOOD WEBS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

EID: 0030302742     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps145179     Document Type: Article

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