Phytodetritus at the abyssal sea floor across 10°of latitude in the central equatorial Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 4-6, 1996, Pages 1309-1338

  Smith, Craig R ^a   Hoover, Daniel J ^a   Doan, Shawn E ^a   Pope, Robin H ^b   Demaster, David J ^b   Dobbs, Fred C ^c   Altabet, Mark A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; ECHIURA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; METAZOA; RHIZOSOLENIA;

ABYSSAL ZONE; CARBON CYCLE; DETRITUS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 0030439573     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0645(96)00015-X     Document Type: Article

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