A technique for the in situ assessment of the vertical nitrogen flux caused by the diel vertical migration of zooplankton

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1085-1089

  Hays, Graeme C ^a   Harris, Roger P ^b   Head, Robert N ^b   Kennedy, Hilary ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OCEANOGRAPHY;

DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATION; HERBIVOROUS ZOOPLANKTON; THERMOCLINE;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

EID: 0031171203     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(96)00118-5     Document Type: Article

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