Latitudinal variations in benthic processes in the abyssal equatorial Pacific: Control by biogenic particle flux

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 9-10, 1997, Pages 2295-2317

  Smith, Craig R ^a   Berelson, Will ^b   Demaster, David J ^c   Dobbs, Fred C ^d   Hammond, Doug ^b   Hoover, Daniel J ^a   Pope, Robert H ^c   Stephens, Mark ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL ZONE; BENTHIC PROCESS; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE FLUX; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL);

ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 0031399221     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(97)00022-2     Document Type: Article

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