The vertical nitrogen flux caused by zooplankton diel vertical migration

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 160, Issue , 1997, Pages 57-62

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

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic; Biogeochemical impact; Diel vertical migration; N flux; Nitrogen; PRIME; Vertical export; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

DIEL MIGRATION; NITROGEN FLUX; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC;

COPEPODA; PLEUROMAMMA ABDOMINALIS; PLEUROMAMMA GRACILIS; PLEUROMAMMA PISEKII;

EID: 0031573831     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps160057     Document Type: Article

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