234Th and 210Pb evidence for rapid ingestion of settling particles by mobile epibenthic megafauna in the abyssal NE pacific

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 589-595

  Lauerman, L M L ^a   Smoak, J M ^b   Shaw, T J ^b   Moore, W S ^b   Smith Jr , K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABYSSOCUCUMIS; ABYSSOCUCUMIS ABYSSORUM; ANIMALIA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; ONEIROPHANTA MUTABILIS;

EID: 0030773982     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.3.0589     Document Type: Article

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