Estimates of Southern Ocean primary production - Constraints from predator carbon demand and nutrient drawdown

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 275-288

  Priddle, J ^a   Boyd, I L ^a   Whitehouse, M J ^a   Murphy, E J ^a   Croxall, J P ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon requirement; Nutrient; Predator

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0032420840     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(98)00043-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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