Clearance of picoplankton-sized particles and formation of rapidly sinking aggregates by the pteropod, Limacina retroversa

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 863-875

  Noji, Thomas T ^a   Bathmann, Ulrich V ^b   Von Bodungen, Bodo ^c   Voss, Maren ^c   Antia, Avan ^d   Krumbholz, Marita ^d   Klein, Bert ^e   Peeken, Ilka ^d   Noji, Carola I M ^f   Rey, Francisco ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CALANUS HYPERBOREUS; LIMACINA RETROVERSA; PTEROPODA; THYSANOESSA; COPEPODA; GASTROPODA;

DEPOSITION; MUCILAGE; MUCOUS AGGREGATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PTEROPOD; SEDIMENTATION; SINKING VELOCITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0030613742     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/19.7.863     Document Type: Article

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